#WhatDougsReading : Different Times by David Stubbs, a history of British comedy, from Chaplin & Stan Laurel thru Ealing comedies, Spike Milligan, the Pythons to Stewart Lee.
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As #BritishPolitics has got crueller, our comedy has gone in the opposite direction, becoming a haven of decency and diversity. In this extract from his new book, Different Times, #DavidStubbs asks if these gentler comics are the new cutting edge
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jul/17/different-times-history-of-british-comedy-david-stubbs-extract
As British politics has got crueller, our comedy has gone in the opposite direction, becoming a haven of decency and diversity. In this extract from his new book, Different Times, David Stubbs asks if these gentler comics are the new cutting edge
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