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This Machine Kills Wasps Featuring Coal Porters, Laurie Black, The Highchurches, Jen Zheng, and Mary Flannigan.
A belated write up of the final Wasps of 2024, a lovely night where I learned a very important lesson about anxiety (it’s bad, and there should be less of it). My main worry was the Coal Porters fans, and whether they’d go for any of the other acts. I don’t really know what I… Read more
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“Authority lies within ourselves”: An interview with “The Popess”’ Elena Mazzon
Another interview for the Brighton newsletter, this time a writer/performer bringing an extremely thought-provoking show to The Yellow Book. It’s so interesting to me that Mazzon’s “in” for this story was Tarot cards! Everyone seems to know the (probably apocryphal) tale of the female Pope – Sergeant Buzfuz certainly did – but this is a… Read more
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An interview with Bex Turner, producer of “Clogg Comedy”
Another week, another interview for the newsletter. Eventually I’ll move these over to a dedicated Indie Brighton website, but for now, they can live here. … Heya! Who are you and how did you get involved in the crazy world of independent comedy night promotion? Hi! I’m Bex Turner. I’m a stand-up but in recent… Read more
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Will US-style fast-food conquer Britain? 1981’s children are saying yes.
The excellent BBC Archive YouTube account served me some burgers today. In a special Newsround report from 1981, John Craven visits Wimpy, McDonald’s, and, erm, Trump’s Hamburgers, and wonders whether this “fast food” nonsense will catch on. “It’s a multi-million pound gamble…”, explains Craven’s co-presenter, stuck sticking cut-out burgers on a map in the studio,… Read more
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“I realised, this isn’t me – it’s Leslie”: an interview with Simon Topping
For this week’s “interviewing someone doing something cool in Brighton” [2] section of the Indie Brighton Listings, I interviewed Simon Topping, who runs Extra Topping Comedy. I’ve known Simon a while now, and am a massive fan of both his character comedy and his ability to curate an ever-interesting lineup. I caught up with him in… Read more
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How I spent US Election Night 2020-2024
November 7th, 2000. Bush wins. Earlsdon, Coventry. I am a History and Politics student. Myself and my housemate Tom vow not to go to bed until a winner is declared. Had we stuck to this, we would have been awake for over a month. November 2nd, 2004. Bush wins. New Malden, London. My then-future employer,… Read more
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Indie Brighton Listings: an interview with Scoops Impro
Hello! I’m trying to interview someone who is performing in Brighton or is putting cool stuff on in Brighton every week. This is part of my exciting new gambit, the Indie Brighton listings newsletter. A newsletter you should absolutely subscribe to if you live in, or regularly visit, the city of Brighton. The only thing… Read more
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Complaining to the BBC is almost always pointless
I got very cross with the BBC for sticking Helen Lewis on Have I Got News For You and wrote to them to complain about it. [1] For context, Lewis is a journalist notorious for her relentless anti-trans grift. Obviously HIGNFY has had guests on with odious views before – Boris Johnson springs immediately to… Read more
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‘Inequality in our society still exists’: a dazed wander around Gunwharf Quay, Portsmouth
I get so bored when I’m ill. All of us internet users fall down terrible rabbit holes from time to time, and yesterday evening I found myself looking at terrible restaurants in rural Pakistan via google customer photographs. What’s the opposite of a roadside eaterie near the Kashmiri border? Land Securities Properties Ltd would like… Read more
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