Julia Raeside
@jnraeside.bsky.social
📚Don’t Make Me Laugh out NOW.
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Julia Raeside
@jnraeside.bsky.social
· Feb 10
The comedy scene is stuffed with toxic men — so I wrote a novel about them
Don’t Make Me Laugh is about predatory men in the British comedy industry — the author wasn’t lacking for real-life inspiration
www.thetimes.com
My piece in tomorrow’s Times about the toxic men in stand-up comedy. www.thetimes.com/culture/come...
Awww, GB News are having a carol concert. Hope they tell the story of the refugees arriving in Bethlehem to be told they can apply for permanent right to stay after 15 years but Bethlehem will still probably tell them to go back where they came from because the we prefer LOCAL messiahs. 🎄 🎅🏻 🎁
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Awww, GB News are having a carol concert. Hope they tell the story of the refugees arriving in Bethlehem to be told they can apply for permanent right to stay after 15 years but Bethlehem will still probably tell them to go back where they came from because the we prefer LOCAL messiahs. 🎄 🎅🏻 🎁
AMAZING PRIZES in this charity Christmas raffle in aid of Voices for Gaza. INCLUDING signed author copies of Don't Make Me Laugh. Your tenner won't just buy you the possibility of some great prizes, but you'll be helping families in desperate need in Gaza this winter. app.galabid.com/giftedforgaz...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
AMAZING PRIZES in this charity Christmas raffle in aid of Voices for Gaza. INCLUDING signed author copies of Don't Make Me Laugh. Your tenner won't just buy you the possibility of some great prizes, but you'll be helping families in desperate need in Gaza this winter. app.galabid.com/giftedforgaz...
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"Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus."
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus."
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
When we most needed a leader we, instead, had this guy.
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One of my proudest achievements is that Crista Flanagan (aka Lois) owns my cross stitched version of her
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
One of my proudest achievements is that Crista Flanagan (aka Lois) owns my cross stitched version of her
NEW EPISODE TODAY. Liz Bower recounts the blood spattered glee of the Mad Men lawnmower episode.
The Mad Men lawnmower incident
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 11/21/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW EPISODE TODAY. Liz Bower recounts the blood spattered glee of the Mad Men lawnmower episode.
Oh. The baseline of She Bangs the Drums was everything. This sucks.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Oh. The baseline of She Bangs the Drums was everything. This sucks.
Back at the top of the tree where she belongs. Margo Leadbetter. 🚬
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Back at the top of the tree where she belongs. Margo Leadbetter. 🚬
Thanks for the lovely review!
#BlogTour – #BookReview of #DontMakeMeLaugh by Julia Raeside @juliaraesidewrites @bedfordsqpublishers @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours
I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for darkly funny feminist novel Don’t Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside. Thank you to Anne Cater and…
I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for darkly funny feminist novel Don’t Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside. Thank you to Anne Cater and…
#BlogTour – #BookReview of #DontMakeMeLaugh by Julia Raeside @juliaraesidewrites @bedfordsqpublishers @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours
I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for darkly funny feminist novel Don’t Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside. Thank you to Anne Cater and Bedford Square Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. About the book: Don’t Make Me Laugh balances anger and humour with the deftest of touches.
calturnerreviews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thanks for the lovely review!
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Just started this from my summer bundle after finishing my last Miss Marple..
August 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Just started this from my summer bundle after finishing my last Miss Marple..
Is…is this real?
Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Is…is this real?
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Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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LISTEN TO THIS.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
OUT TODAY! Netflix star Stephen Oswald tells me about the long-lasting trauma of seeing Hammer House of Horror's The House That Bled to Death at the age of 6. Brilliantly horrible and Stephen is a pure joy.
Hammer House of Horror: The House That Bled to Death
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 11/14/2025 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
LISTEN TO THIS.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
OUT TODAY! Netflix star Stephen Oswald tells me about the long-lasting trauma of seeing Hammer House of Horror's The House That Bled to Death at the age of 6. Brilliantly horrible and Stephen is a pure joy.
Hammer House of Horror: The House That Bled to Death
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 11/14/2025 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
OUT TODAY! Netflix star Stephen Oswald tells me about the long-lasting trauma of seeing Hammer House of Horror's The House That Bled to Death at the age of 6. Brilliantly horrible and Stephen is a pure joy.
This is fascinating. Macbeth witches not originally old hags at all.
So, the witches in Macbeth may be a later reworking by playwright Thomas Middleton. Someone who attended the play in 1611 described 3 'beautiful' "feiries or Nimiphes," not “filthy hags”. Holinshed's Chronicles, Shakespeare's source, also describes 3 "creatures of the elderwood.. nymphs or fairies"
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is fascinating. Macbeth witches not originally old hags at all.
Re Unbound/Boundless, it’s a question worth repeating. The money they lost belonged to other people. Other people who did NOT sign up to gamble on AI.
Still not something any of the news coverage has tackled. Publishers go under due to unwise spending and investments, but the money they are investing is their own. Not mine, and other people’s, whose funds they were supposed to be holding in escrow.
If a solicitor did that, they’d be in prison.
If a solicitor did that, they’d be in prison.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Re Unbound/Boundless, it’s a question worth repeating. The money they lost belonged to other people. Other people who did NOT sign up to gamble on AI.
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They are really going for the "Well, ACTUALLY..." defence
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
They are really going for the "Well, ACTUALLY..." defence
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Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
Coming this Friday, the brilliant actor Stephen Oswald joins me to talk about his favourite moment in the Hammer House of Horror series. Can you guess from the picture? #BoxOfDelights #podcast
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Coming this Friday, the brilliant actor Stephen Oswald joins me to talk about his favourite moment in the Hammer House of Horror series. Can you guess from the picture? #BoxOfDelights #podcast
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FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.
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Me, giggling like a goblin, strapping myself into the BBC Boss chair, commissioning non-celeb sitcom & sketch show after another. High concept narrative comedies by women! 100 shows with writers rooms! Tell whatever celeb blokes are doing a travel show they can make their own way back from Bordeaux!
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Me, giggling like a goblin, strapping myself into the BBC Boss chair, commissioning non-celeb sitcom & sketch show after another. High concept narrative comedies by women! 100 shows with writers rooms! Tell whatever celeb blokes are doing a travel show they can make their own way back from Bordeaux!
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"We were always told comedians are often sad or depressed – but if you meet many male stand-ups in real life they are really angry"
@jnraeside.bsky.social in Metro about her brilliant debut novel, Don't Make Me Laugh, and the scene that inspired it.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/09/i...
@jnraeside.bsky.social in Metro about her brilliant debut novel, Don't Make Me Laugh, and the scene that inspired it.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/09/i...
'I wrote a book about toxic male comedians - they hate not being in control'
‘Stand-up comedy is probably the worst profession within showbusiness when it comes to male behaviour.'
metro.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"We were always told comedians are often sad or depressed – but if you meet many male stand-ups in real life they are really angry"
@jnraeside.bsky.social in Metro about her brilliant debut novel, Don't Make Me Laugh, and the scene that inspired it.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/09/i...
@jnraeside.bsky.social in Metro about her brilliant debut novel, Don't Make Me Laugh, and the scene that inspired it.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/09/i...
Thanks to Metro for the interview about my @cwip.bsky.social short-listed novel Don’t Make Me Laugh.
'I wrote a book about toxic male comedians - they hate not being in control'
‘Stand-up comedy is probably the worst profession within showbusiness when it comes to male behaviour.'
metro.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thanks to Metro for the interview about my @cwip.bsky.social short-listed novel Don’t Make Me Laugh.
Had a go on a red carpet (brown floor). Delighted by the results. That photographer did some wizardry.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Had a go on a red carpet (brown floor). Delighted by the results. That photographer did some wizardry.
Lovely times at the @cwip.bsky.social awards last night. Just so stoked to have been on a shortlist with such amazing people.
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Lovely times at the @cwip.bsky.social awards last night. Just so stoked to have been on a shortlist with such amazing people.