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
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.
Society
Judgemental force of nerds
- 30 June 2008
- 7 comments
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
- 18 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?
