Shazia Mirza

Shazia Mirza

Shazia Mirza is an award-winning stand up comedian. In 2003 she was named by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Since 2006 she has written a fortnightly column for the New Statesman, for which she won Columnist of the Year at the PPA Awards.

Articles by Shazia Mirza

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Shazia’s week

  • 11 June 2009

There’s no one more British than me: I own a Union Jack bikini. It doesn’t fit but I still wear it down the high street

Shazia's week

  • 28 May 2009

Hay-on-Wye? More like Hair-on-Wye, with more grey bouffants than you’d see at an Einstein lookalike contest

Shazia's week

  • 14 May 2009
  • 1 comment

Mum asks the TV psychic questions live on air as Dad watches the show and takes notes

Shazia’s week

  • 30 April 2009

“Don’t worry,” the organiser said. “The crowd are very PC.” I couldn’t have been more scared

Shazia's week

  • 16 April 2009

Me and Madonna, shopping for cauliflowers in Crouch End

Shazia's week

  • 02 April 2009

Is there no door policy at the House of Commons? We need some burly bouncers to keep out drunken MPs

Shazia's week

  • 19 March 2009
  • 1 comment

Here in the US, there are just two issues that matter: the economic crisis and Octomom

Shazia's week

  • 05 March 2009

For my mother, the only thing worse than having a daughter is having a funny one

Shazia's week

  • 12 February 2009

Snow makes people do odd things. Suddenly, it's OK to start walking in the middle of the road

Shazia's week

  • 29 January 2009

The day I nibbled Obama's ear (and Auntie cheered at the cinema)

Jason Cowley

Brown and Shakespeare

The corrupted currents

Native Americans

At the gambling table

Old wound, same pain

Nicholas Lezard

Wanted: one cat

Wanted: one cat

Neal Lawson

A new socialism

Nothing to turn back to

Alan Johnson

Heading to No 10?

The Politics Interview: Alan Johnson

Travel

Somerset and indie

Morning, campers

Antonia Quirke

On radio

Antonia Quirke

Diane Arbus

Small tragedies

A revealer of souls

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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