Simon Munnery

Simon Munnery performs under various guises – Alan Parker: Urban Warrior, The League Against Tedium and as himself. His stand-up routines are sometimes satirical and political and always surreal. He's well-known on the alternative circuit and has appeared both on radio and TV. He's never been to Specsavers.

Articles by Simon Munnery

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Rook

  • 23 January 2008
  • 6 comments

Are we to believe that being Canadian is more significant than being Gay? Simon Munnery's welcome return to newstatesman.com

Look!

  • 02 November 2007
  • 1 comment

You can't scare monks with shellsuits

Cook

  • 17 September 2007
  • 2 comments

The whole phenomenon of television cookery is a little baffling; the one thing that isn’t transmitted by TV is taste

Kelp

  • 14 August 2007
  • 1 comment

The true origins of the Edinburgh Festival based on a fact

Yelp

  • 01 August 2007
  • 3 comments

I am a hunter-journalist. Why should I feel ashamed for killing a mouse?

Help

  • 16 July 2007
  • 2 comments

'Never a borrower or a lender be,' my Uncle used to say, and perhaps inevitably the bank sacked him

Stains

  • 04 July 2007
  • 3 comments

Simon Munnery says what he would do if he was prime minister giving us a glimpse of a brighter world in which he would also be king

Change

  • 18 June 2007

"It’s easy if you try," sang John Lennon. He was wrong

Strange

  • 06 June 2007
  • 2 comments

Shouting on the phone is picking a fight with someone you cannot have a fight with; ideal for bullies and cowards

Coast

  • 22 May 2007

Being rude but getting away with it - every child’s dream

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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