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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

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Society
Who has special needs?
30 January 2009

It was one of those gigs where I decided to leave behind the safety net and just launch into stuff a

Society
The kiss that spanned 200 years
16 January 2009

If you're into being kissed by people from the 19th Century and you haven't done it yet, then you'd

International Politics
Muntadar al-Zaidi my hero
19 December 2008

If only that shoe had hit Bush. It wouldn’t have compensated for the hundreds of thousands of people

Society
My Tommy Cooper moment...
05 December 2008

Maybe the credit crunch is good for comedians, but I've barely had time to sit down and rest at all.

Society
And the real filthmongers?
21 November 2008

How does the print media manage to remain above criticism when they often do much more harm than the

Sport
Racism and Lewis Hamilton
06 November 2008

It's hard to think of any racists who aren't pathetic physical and mental specimens, proving beyond

Society
Not getting laid
23 October 2008

"Contrast the unrealistic hopefulness of the schoolboys with the resigned weariness of the beer drin

Music and Performance
Pantomime punk
08 October 2008

How the godfather of punk turned into a pantomime figure advertising butter. Herring tries to reconc

UK Politics
Spending less time with your family...
26 September 2008

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

Society
What would Rasputin do?
10 September 2008

Comedian Richard Herring on Lee Hurst, clashing with hecklers, how he smashed a ringing mobile phone

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