The Thought Gang
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A black comedy in the grand tradition of word-drunk intellectuals-en-dementia, "The Thought Gang"...
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell
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You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America....
Essays Politics Humour Social Issues
All Souls
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All Souls is a compelling black comedy of Oxford life by Javier Marias, whose highly-anticipated new...
Who am I, again?
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In his long-awaited autobiography, Sir Lenny Henry tells the extraordinary story of his early years...
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Comedy in Tragedy: That It Should Come to This
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Nothing can come of nothing. The comic in Shakespeare's tragedies mockingly swings the far-seen end...
The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Nobody knows us. They think they do. But they don't. In a world of champagne and canapes, the five...
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
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In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their...
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After Electra
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I blame the books they learned to read with. Daddy at the office. Mummy looking out of the window...
News Quiz: Soundbites: Four Episodes of the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Panel Game
Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy
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Sandi Toksvig chairs four sparkling episodes of the ever-popular topical comedy show The News Quiz,...
Moira Buffini: Plays 2: Dinner; Dying for it; A Vampire Story; Welcome to Thebes; Handbagged
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Dinner: "A cracking black comedy that has you laughing uproariously one moment and jumping with...