Richard Herring

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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Who has special needs?

  • 30 January 2009
  • 3 comments

It was one of those gigs where I decided to leave behind the safety net and just launch into stuff and see where it went - Richard Herring's life on Mars...

The kiss that spanned 200 years

  • 16 January 2009
  • 1 comment

If you're into being kissed by people from the 19th Century and you haven't done it yet, then you'd better pull your finger out. There's only a few of them left

Muntadar al-Zaidi my hero

  • 19 December 2008
  • 39 comments

If only that shoe had hit Bush. It wouldn’t have compensated for the hundreds of thousands of people who have died in Iraq, but it would have been a good start

My Tommy Cooper moment...

  • 05 December 2008
  • 5 comments

Maybe the credit crunch is good for comedians, but I've barely had time to sit down and rest at all. I really need a holiday ... that's if I live that long

And the real filthmongers?

  • 21 November 2008
  • 8 comments

How does the print media manage to remain above criticism when they often do much more harm than the things they are criticising, wonders Richard Herring

Racism and Lewis Hamilton

  • 06 November 2008
  • 30 comments

It's hard to think of any racists who aren't pathetic physical and mental specimens, proving beyond doubt that the idea of white supremacy is bogus

Not getting laid

  • 23 October 2008
  • 6 comments

"Contrast the unrealistic hopefulness of the schoolboys with the resigned weariness of the beer drinking adults"

Pantomime punk

  • 08 October 2008
  • 4 comments

How the godfather of punk turned into a pantomime figure advertising butter. Herring tries to reconcile the death of the image of a childhood hero with the Rotten older self

Spending less time with your family...

  • 26 September 2008
  • 13 comments

Wouldn't we like our politicians more if they didn't treat us like children? Wouldn't we like them more if they were candid?

What would Rasputin do?

  • 10 September 2008
  • 2 comments

Comedian Richard Herring on Lee Hurst, clashing with hecklers, how he smashed a ringing mobile phone to smithereens and kicked someone in the head. Sort of...

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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