Richard Herring – Hitler’s Moustache DVD
It seems to be the way these days that comedians who plan to have a show in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit upon the most ridiculous idea they can and then realise that they have committed to something that can’t…
Never the Twain Season 1 & Season 2 DVD review
Sit-coms in the 1980s were a whole different beast to those we know today. Just look at Never The Twain, a huge hit during this period that ran for a decade beginning in 1981. The main characters are in their…
Tripper’s Day DVD review
The death in 1984 of Leonard Rossiter robbed the UK of one of its finest comic actors. His landmark lead roles in Rising Damp and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin rightly cemented him into legendary status.
Rossiter’s…
The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World’s Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations
‘Dark tourism is the act of travel and visitation to sites, attractions and exhibitions which have real or recreated death, suffering or the seemingly macabre as a main theme’
Since living in war-torn Lebanon during his childhood, comedian and TV…