Mark Watson

Mark Watson

Mark Watson is a stand-up comedian and novelist. His most recent book, Crap at the Environment, follows his own efforts to halve his carbon footprint over one year.

Articles by Mark Watson

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Let the wunderkinder play in peace

  • 25 July 2011

Theatre is a comedy of errors

  • 27 June 2011
  • 1 comment

Scrabble is like life: you’ve got to be innit to win it

  • 26 May 2011
  • 70 comments

Farewell, Whispering Ted, the man who taught me that less is more

  • 12 May 2011
  • 35 comments

How can the Mona Lisa compete with a copy made from toast?

  • 27 April 2011
  • 2 comments

I didn’t do anything even vaguely funny for Comic Relief

  • 31 March 2011
  • 13 comments

How I'm doing on my new year's resolutions

  • 24 March 2011
  • 9 comments

A spring report.

For how much longer must all men be judged against Colin Firth?

  • 03 March 2011
  • 8 comments

Who needs books when we could be watching Cheryl Cole?

  • 17 February 2011
  • 18 comments

TV has spoken; the printed word has had its day.

My war with Frankie Boyle

  • 01 February 2011
  • 79 comments

When edgy comedy is just bullying.

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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