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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The mystery of Toyah resolved

  • 15 November 2007
  • 4 comments

The truth about the hotel receptionist with the name tag that bore the word 'cancer'

Toyah and cancer

  • 29 October 2007
  • 6 comments

'Perhaps the Travelodge likes to list the first name of every employee on these badges and then beneath it list any disease that they are currently suffering from'

The worst word you can think of?

  • 11 October 2007
  • 17 comments

Richard Herring explores what is truly insulting...

Fear the mild gypsy curse

  • 25 September 2007
  • 3 comments

Herring reminisces about the gap year interail that was cursed by a cackling crone

Just one Cornetto

  • 06 September 2007
  • 10 comments

Herring takes a well earned rest in Thailand and pauses to reflect on the concept of pure pleasure

Drawing inspiration from the past

  • 24 August 2007
  • 3 comments

A fleeting moment with a French beauty makes a lasting impression on a young Richard Herring

Kidding myself

  • 06 August 2007
  • 8 comments

I look in the mirror and see this greying, wrinkled, gonk-faced old man looking back at me

I’d be an excellent English butler in Joey

  • 23 July 2007
  • 8 comments

This week at the Montreal "Just For Laughs" festival: reality checks, gut checks and trying to get a paycheck

My unrequited love for Jenny

  • 06 July 2007
  • 4 comments

How Herring's love for Jenny Agutter is stuck in time.

Herring v Belly

  • 25 June 2007
  • 2 comments

The love-hate relationship of one comedian and his beer/crisp/cake-gut

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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