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Shazia's week

  • 29 January 2009

The day I nibbled Obama's ear (and Auntie cheered at the cinema)

Shazia's week

  • 15 January 2009

I was to do my set at this pub in Essex. There were 60 people, looking like someone had died

Shazia's week

  • 18 December 2008
  • 1 comment

Liza Minnelli jiving like a panther on Ecstasy and Obama condoms - some bits of history can't be missed

Shazia's week

  • 04 December 2008

Now I'm allowed to be offensive, I realise I've got nothing deliberately offensive to say

Shazia's week

  • 20 November 2008
  • 5 comments

All was going well in Pakistan until I told my anal sex joke. People walked out

Shazia's week

  • 06 November 2008

Suddenly I am expected to give an explanation for Britain's comedians and their Prime Minister

Someone was suing my comic friend in LA for making jokes that involved African Americans

  • 23 October 2008
  • 2 comments

In England, I find people don’t really sue; they just write you hate-mail. It’s a lot cheaper

Sharon's week

  • 09 October 2008
  • 7 comments

My name's Shazia Mirza." "Sharon Matthews?" he asked. "No, Shazia Mirza!" To annoy the man behind the desk, I wrote “Jamaican” under nationality. “Thank you,” he said

Shazia's week

  • 25 September 2008

One day I'm going to say: "Are you black? Can you tell me what you think about Lenny Henry and reggae?"

Shazia's week

  • 11 September 2008
  • 3 comments

If I tried to do what Sarah Palin does in a day, I'd look like I'd spent the night in a Lidl doorway

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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