I'm going to be hosting Threads and Legends, a fashion show celebrating the University of Kent's 60th anniversary.
January 26, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I'm going to be hosting Threads and Legends, a fashion show celebrating the University of Kent's 60th anniversary.
Took this pic YESTERDAY in Rochester Cathedral!
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Took this pic YESTERDAY in Rochester Cathedral!
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
They still have not one but TWO Christmas trees up!
WTF, Rochester??
"And I'm reading this for the first time, so I hope I do it justice. Although I suspect it hasn't got a lot of justice owed to it."
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"And I'm reading this for the first time, so I hope I do it justice. Although I suspect it hasn't got a lot of justice owed to it."
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
Hear me read the script of what was kind of my first ever stand-up performance in early 1984 in ep 6 of Letters To My Dead Dad!
"THE HOSPITAL FOR POO" spotted on day out in Rochester today.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"THE HOSPITAL FOR POO" spotted on day out in Rochester today.
Envelope with customised Perishers cartoon.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
January 22, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Envelope with customised Perishers cartoon.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Dad hated dogs, so look what I did to enhance the new Perishers stationery I'd got for Christmas in 1983.
This is the first letter I wrote to him in 1984.
Hear all about it in ep 6, out now wherever you get your podcasts.
The new series of the podcast I'm doing with the mighty Laura Lexx is back for a second series!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The new series of the podcast I'm doing with the mighty Laura Lexx is back for a second series!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
The Comedy Bureau is a super nerdy exploration of all things comedy, and to kick off the second series, the latest ep is about court jesters.
And a hey nonny nonny to that!
Check out my new DMs!
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
January 21, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Check out my new DMs!
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
Those of you who were saddened by the recent demise of my old Doc Martens will surely be cheered by these cherry red bad boys currently adorning my feet.
2025 recording of 1983 song "Vile Style", with montage of stuff I talk about in the latest ep.
So, what do we have here?
So, what do we have here?
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
2025 recording of 1983 song "Vile Style", with montage of stuff I talk about in the latest ep.
So, what do we have here?
So, what do we have here?
My Dad playing drums in a jazz band in probably the late 1940s.
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My Dad playing drums in a jazz band in probably the late 1940s.
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
So many questions!
Why is the pianist dressed like an elf?
Pic 1: my first stand-up class of the year was a real smash with the students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Pic 1: my first stand-up class of the year was a real smash with the students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Pic 2: setting up pic one, with the instruction, "Pull a face like you're having an awful time."
What a brilliant bunch of students!
Want to know what the world looked like to a teenage kid from Westmoreland, Jamaica in 1949?
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Want to know what the world looked like to a teenage kid from Westmoreland, Jamaica in 1949?
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Look no further! Here's a letter from my Dad's pen pal Lloyd George Bailey written on the 23rd of August that year.
Hear me read from it in ep 5 of Letters To My Dead, wherever you get your podcasts.
Found this intriguing set list in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive @unikentarchives this morning.
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Found this intriguing set list in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive @unikentarchives this morning.
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
Can you guess which fab British stand-up this belonged to?
My Dad's Jamaican penfriend Lloyd George Bailey in 1949.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
My Dad's Jamaican penfriend Lloyd George Bailey in 1949.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, I not only talk about these beautiful photos but also read from a letter that Lloyd wrote to Dad.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
The cassette recordings that I talk about in ep 4, plus the Moog synth I used to record 'em.
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The cassette recordings that I talk about in ep 4, plus the Moog synth I used to record 'em.
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Stay tuned for ep 5, to be released tomorrow...
Who likes my weird collage art?
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Who likes my weird collage art?
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
The images always come from authentic vintage sources that I collect - old adverts, comics, magazines, theatre programmes, etc. And I work carefully to create vividly jarring juxtapositions.
Wrote this obituary for my lovely friend Warren Lakin, just published in The Guardian.
Warren was vital in setting up the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive here at Kent, and helped me run our annual Linda Smith Lecture.
Link here if you want to read it: www.theguardian.com/.../jan/09/w...
Warren was vital in setting up the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive here at Kent, and helped me run our annual Linda Smith Lecture.
Link here if you want to read it: www.theguardian.com/.../jan/09/w...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Wrote this obituary for my lovely friend Warren Lakin, just published in The Guardian.
Warren was vital in setting up the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive here at Kent, and helped me run our annual Linda Smith Lecture.
Link here if you want to read it: www.theguardian.com/.../jan/09/w...
Warren was vital in setting up the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive here at Kent, and helped me run our annual Linda Smith Lecture.
Link here if you want to read it: www.theguardian.com/.../jan/09/w...
After over 15 years of great service, my DMs finally split on me.
WAH!!
WAH!!
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
After over 15 years of great service, my DMs finally split on me.
WAH!!
WAH!!
My Dad, Grandad and Grandma, photo taken in 1938.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, you'll hear me talking about this photo and an archive clip of Dad talking about his childhood in 1930s Ipswich.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, you'll hear me talking about this photo and an archive clip of Dad talking about his childhood in 1930s Ipswich.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
My Dad, Grandad and Grandma, photo taken in 1938.
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, you'll hear me talking about this photo and an archive clip of Dad talking about his childhood in 1930s Ipswich.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
In the latest ep of Letters To My Dead Dad, you'll hear me talking about this photo and an archive clip of Dad talking about his childhood in 1930s Ipswich.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Here's me reading a letter I wrote to Dad over 42 years ago!
This is a clip from episode 4 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad. In each episode, I read a letter I wrote to Dad many years ago and dip into the family history box.
Listen here: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
This is a clip from episode 4 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad. In each episode, I read a letter I wrote to Dad many years ago and dip into the family history box.
Listen here: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Here's me reading a letter I wrote to Dad over 42 years ago!
This is a clip from episode 4 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad. In each episode, I read a letter I wrote to Dad many years ago and dip into the family history box.
Listen here: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
This is a clip from episode 4 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad. In each episode, I read a letter I wrote to Dad many years ago and dip into the family history box.
Listen here: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
For the sake of completeness, here's the inside of the horrific birthday card I drew for Dad to mark his 51st birthday.
Poor Dad!
Next episode drops on Wednesday: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Poor Dad!
Next episode drops on Wednesday: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
For the sake of completeness, here's the inside of the horrific birthday card I drew for Dad to mark his 51st birthday.
Poor Dad!
Next episode drops on Wednesday: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Poor Dad!
Next episode drops on Wednesday: feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
You only get one chance to get the audience to sing "Happy Birthday" to your Dad on his 90th birthday.
Hear the whole routine plus loads of reflections on birthdays and getting older in ep 3 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad.
Hear the whole routine plus loads of reflections on birthdays and getting older in ep 3 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad.
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
You only get one chance to get the audience to sing "Happy Birthday" to your Dad on his 90th birthday.
Hear the whole routine plus loads of reflections on birthdays and getting older in ep 3 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad.
Hear the whole routine plus loads of reflections on birthdays and getting older in ep 3 of my podcast Letters To My Dead Dad.
Horrifying birthday card I made for my Dad on his 51st birthday.
Hear me talk about this and other birthdays on ep 3.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Hear me talk about this and other birthdays on ep 3.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Horrifying birthday card I made for my Dad on his 51st birthday.
Hear me talk about this and other birthdays on ep 3.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Hear me talk about this and other birthdays on ep 3.
Find it via link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Hear the whole routine in ep 3 of Letters To My Dead Dad, OUT NOW!
As performed at Funny Rabbit in 2022.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
As performed at Funny Rabbit in 2022.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
January 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Hear the whole routine in ep 3 of Letters To My Dead Dad, OUT NOW!
As performed at Funny Rabbit in 2022.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
As performed at Funny Rabbit in 2022.
feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Have you tried Letters To My Dead Dad yet?
If not, the first two eps are out now and the third drops on New Year's Eve. It should be available wherever you get your podcasts.
If not, the first two eps are out now and the third drops on New Year's Eve. It should be available wherever you get your podcasts.
December 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Have you tried Letters To My Dead Dad yet?
If not, the first two eps are out now and the third drops on New Year's Eve. It should be available wherever you get your podcasts.
If not, the first two eps are out now and the third drops on New Year's Eve. It should be available wherever you get your podcasts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!
Peace on earth, goodwill to all.
Peace on earth, goodwill to all.
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!
Peace on earth, goodwill to all.
Peace on earth, goodwill to all.