I like Richard Herring. Someone sent me a joke from him (Epitaph for the human race "At least we owned the libs.") looking like it was lifted from Twitter. I was a bit incensed he was still using it, but turns out he's not it was just an old joke. So I saw he's got a Substack (which I understand some people say is problematic) which signposts his Bluesky account. Look, I've spoken about Bluesky a lot. It's not for me. For a lot of different reasons I've been very vocal about. But I've mellowed a bit and for jobbing comedians who need a commercial'ish social platform, I recognise it's the best alternative to Twitter or Insta/Meta (although ironically not dissimilar to the point he makes in this blog about Starmer being the best alternative to the Tories). Anyway there's not much point to this but I continue to like Richard Herring and found this blog a bit interesting. Do we still say blog? Is this a blog? Am I a blog?

Twitter Marks the Spot - Richard Herring's Substack

https://richardherring.substack.com/p/twitter-marks-the-spot

Twitter Marks the Spot

Warming Up

Richard Herring's Substack
@TheBreadmonkey Warming Up is definitely a blog. It’s the bloggiest of blogs, born in the Blogtimes.
@TheBreadmonkey Warming Up is such a Peak Blog blog that you used to be able to buy books collecting it, because people were so into blogs that they wanted to hold and touch the blogposts and own them and imprison them in their bedrooms.
@Nickiquote @TheBreadmonkey Last time I was in hospital for a few days someone bought me a book of someone’s collected newspaper columns from over the years.
@BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey I’ve had a few of those kinds of books by Jonathan Meades, Clive James and Charlie Brooker.
@Nickiquote @TheBreadmonkey That’s it. I think it was a Charlie Brooker one.

@Nickiquote @TheBreadmonkey

Bloggy is the Groovy of the Endtimes . . .

@TheBreadmonkey my favourite Richard Herring joke; "Have Kettle Crisps changed or have I?"

He has a thing about it being unknowable blah blah blah, but it really really tickled me.

@TheBreadmonkey We saw Richard Herring last year locally. He seemed like a very nice bloke during the merch and signings.

@TheBreadmonkey He always seems like a person who wants to do the right thing and, like you say, has to make a living via this stuff. I am surprisingly into his ventriloquist shambolic Newsround parody :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45ZHGUVTwI

Rich and Ally’s Craven Newsround - Tuesday 24th March 2026

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@bobthomson70 @TheBreadmonkey I love it too. I’ve subscribed to his newsletters for years now and it’s consistently good fun. Loved him on Taskmaster too. We saw him live on tour last year and had a very funny evening, so I recommend catching him live if you can. I’d like to see the RHLSTP podcast recordings but I’m far from London way, will make it down at some point.
@LDJ @TheBreadmonkey I saw his “Oh Fuck I’m 40!” show in Glasgow and catch virtually all the RHLSTP (rhlstp) episodes yeah and TM I always watch. Not sure he’s continuing to do the London recordings? Seemed like ticket sales were more and more of a problem post Covid emergency phase.
@bobthomson70 @TheBreadmonkey He’s doing a play right now but there are podcast show dates at the LST from April: https://www.richardherring.com/rhlstpt/ There’s one for the Rik Mayall Festival which sadly I’ve just found out about and is sold out!
RHLSTP Tour | RichardHerring.com

RHLSTP Tour Richard Herring's podcast of chat, known to the cool kids as RHLSTP is usually recorded in London's glittering West End at the Leicester Square Theatre, but now it's going on the road.

@LDJ @TheBreadmonkey I’m old enough to go back to Fist of Fun and Collings and Herrin pods. He sure got digital early.