Russell Brand has lost his voice
Appearing at court, the YouTube preacher was quiet, and perhaps more famous than ever.
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Russell Brand’s weird Christian comeback
A cynic might say that his conversion is not really a conversion at all.
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The unlikely alliance of Robert F Kennedy Jr and Russell Brand
Any ambition RFK had to be taken seriously has been undermined by his adoption of Brand as a quasi-sidekick.
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My investigation into Russell Brand
Also this week: how Friends defined a generation, and the charm of children’s TV.
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Russell Brand’s fellow travellers should defend their claims in court
It is high time social media’s age of impunity was brought to an end.
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How the MeToo backlash helped Russell Brand
Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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The rise and fall of Russell Brand
The decadent Britain of the 2000s was the perfect place for the comedian-cum-pseudo intellectual to thrive.
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Russell Brand’s career was defined by misogyny – and audiences delighted in it
What a comedian chooses to joke about is revealing – and has a bearing on the world at large.
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Mark Fisher was not Russell Brand
The cultural theorist was far more responsive to critique than the comedian he admired.
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Russell Brand: In Plain Sight made me sick with horror
This Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, which accused the comedian of rape, sexual assault and abuse, was nauseating and terrifying to…
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