The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board - July 2024 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - July 14th, 2024

A female black rod has declared the wokest parliament ever open! Allow yourselves the luxury of hope. But while you must remember the poor, and the polluted rivers and those marooned on massive hospital waiting lists, you must also, at this time, think of the satirists. For we are the real victims here. The gift…

NEWSLETTER EXTRA – BASIC LEE BROADCAST DATE – 20th July - July 2024 July 4th, 2024

DEAR FANS OF ME SEE SEVEN MINUTES OF THE LAST JOKES I WILL EVER WRITE ABOUT A TORY GOVERNMENT In an old-skool schedulers’ move, I’ve just been made aware that my last stand-up show BASIC LEE will air on July 20th, in just two weeks, and then hang around on Now TV for ages. The…

FROM THE STALINIST WOKE DIKTATORSHAFT GULAG OF Stewart Lee 1st July 2024 - July 2024 July 1st, 2024

1) BASIC LEE IS ON SKY & NOW TV SOON 2) STEWART LEE VS THE MAN-WULF John Mackay & Sally Homer, in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown present STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF BRAND NEW SHOW LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE, LONDON 3rd December 2024 – 17th January 2025 AND UK TOURING THROUGHOUT 2025 In this brand-new…

Time may be up for the Tories, but their legacy of lies will live on - June 2024 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - June 16th, 2024

“It’s the lying I can’t stand.” That’s the close of the affair cliche isn’t it? We can forgive so much – incompetence, petulance, flatulence – but in the end dishonesty derails things. I suppose that’s why the nation’s 14-year abusive relationship with the Conservative party is finally finished. That’s all folks, bar an argument about…

Word In Your Ear Ep 644 - June 2024 June 15th, 2024

Stewart Lee – beloved writer, columnist and stand-up – was on the podcast in 2022 talking about the first records he bought, immensely funny and fascinating, and we’ve been praying for an excuse to get him back since. And it’s here! – he’s on tour again and his ‘Basic Lee’ show is on Sky/Now TV…

Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History Of Josef K. - June 2024 June 11th, 2024

Stew writes the foreword for Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History Of Josef K. Everything was just so intense. There was an alienation and awkwardness about Josef K, but that was actually very true to life for me. Listening today I find really difficult because it brings back so many memories, so…