Richard Herring
Richard Herring began writing and performing comedy when he was 14. His career since Oxford has included a successful partnership with Stewart Lee and his hit one-man show Talking Cock
Articles by richard herring
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Society
Judgemental force of nerds
- 30 June 2008
Herring thanks you, his audience, for ensuring he sticks to the path of righteousness and refrains from fleecing the elderly...
Society
Signing Herring's filth
- 17 June 2008
- 4 comments
The comedy that can be had when someone signs your gig...
Music
Exposing little Richard
- 03 June 2008
- 20 comments
Herring ponders his stalled teenage song-writing career, and wonders whether he really can blame everything on his parents
Society
Shoes: a warning
- 16 May 2008
- 30 comments
A potential partner's choice of footwear should be carefully observed
Society
The joys of parenthood
- 06 May 2008
- 20 comments
The wages are terrible, the job is 24/7 and you're contracted in for a minimum of, ooh, 18 years...
Life & Society
St Paul's misogyny
- 22 April 2008
- 17 comments
Holidaying in Sicily, Herring ponders St Paul's attitude to women and asks why, if love is doomed, we all keep chasing it ... a triumph of hope over experience?
Life & Society
Flying with porn
- 07 April 2008
- 9 comments
How many people take condoms and pornography in their hand luggage? Please get in touch...
Jordan, Lorraine and me
- 25 March 2008
- 19 comments
An encounter with the silicone-enhanced phenomenon on the GMTV sofa
Life & Society
Service station lover
- 10 March 2008
- 5 comments
I don’t know if you read the New Statesman web pages, oh beautiful Ritazza woman, but if you do then please get in touch
Education
No-one to blame but myself
- 22 February 2008
- 15 comments
In the throes of a two month alcohol detox and a tour Richard pauses to reflect on some of the finer moments in his childhood


