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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Comedy
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 things they are criticising, wonders Richard Herring
Sport
Racism and Lewis Hamilton
- 06 November 2008
- 29 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
- 3 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...
Comedy
Spirit of the Fringe? You must be joking...
- 28 August 2008
You can't capture the essence of Edinburgh in a corporate-sponsored perspex award and musicals about Pot Noodles
Comedy
Dancing in the rain
- 14 August 2008
- 2 comments
There was something rawly sexual about this gaggle of half-drowned young people cavorting and hugging and splashing in the mud. And not in an obvious and cheap way.
Society
Jumping off the scaffold
- 29 July 2008
- 3 comments
Herring on the dangers of having an annoying child and whether it would be worth it for tax purposes. Plus history and news Guy Fawkes jumped before he was dropped
Society
Herring is getting old
- 14 July 2008
- 5 comments
As he turns 41, Herring moans about men who leave their towels lying around in the locker room.
