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August 2020

  • Edinburgh street artists perform in Edinburgh on the last weekend of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009. This year saw a record number of acts perform representing the best dance, theatre and comedy.

    Post-pandemic, who’s laughing now?

    As venues tentatively reopen post-lockdown, Siobhán McGuirk surveys the impact of the pandemic on comedy, theatre and the cultural sector

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is one of many high profile politicians who gained notoriety through comedy (Credit: Mykhaylo Markiv/The Presidential Administration of Ukraine)

    The rise of comedian politicians

    As more and more comedians find success in the political arena, Rhian Jones lists some of the most prominent examples of satirists turned statesmen

  • An illustration of Andrew Doyle's satirical character Titania McGrath

    Woke jokes and right-wing comedy

    There’s nothing radical – or funny – about right-wing comedy, says Jake Laverde.

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