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
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...
Society
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
Middle East
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
Comedy
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
Comedy
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
Sport
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
Society
Not getting laid
- 23 October 2008
- 6 comments
"Contrast the unrealistic hopefulness of the schoolboys with the resigned weariness of the beer drinking adults"
Music
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
Comedy
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?
Society
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...
