Boris Johnson feels the ire of Prometheus - September 2019 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - September 29th, 2019

Even though I am an atheist, I am nonetheless a creative artist. And so the gods regularly manifest themselves to me in my hours of need. Perhaps you envy me my ability to hear the voice of the divine? I in turn envy you non-artists the peaceful silences of your own empty minds. On Wednesday…

Prepare yourselves for a no-Christmas Brexit in 2019 - December 2018 The Observer - By Father Christmas (as told to Stewart Lee) - December 23rd, 2018

Merry Christmas, Brexit Britain! And a crap EU year!! It’s me, guest Christmas Observer columnist Father Christmas!!! Or Gender-fluid Parent/Carer Winterval, as Boris Piccaninny Watermelon Letterbox Cake Disaster Weightloss Haircut Bullshit Johnson probably pretended the EU insisted on calling me, in his lying column in the Daily Telegraph, Britain’s worst newspaper. But whatever name you…

Six things… Stewart Lee has loved at Southbank Centre - March 2018 Southbank Centre - By Stewart Lee - March 26th, 2018

Stand-up and writer Stewart Lee has been described as ‘the comedian’s comedian’, with a distinctive performance style that drew critical acclaim for his BAFTA Award-winning BBC series; Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Pleasingly, not only are we big fans of his, but he is also a big fan of us. Ahead of his own appearance on…

My futile attempt to sell satire to the Daily Mail - November 2017 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - November 26th, 2017

Pasting together doctored drawings of the Daily Mail’s long-running cartoon dog, Fred Basset, I’m creating the mother of all monetisable Christmas cash-in books. In the first of a typical three-frame strip, Fred defecates insolently on a pavement. Then Fred’s owner scoops up the excrement before – and this is the twist – popping it through…

Stewart Lee: The chilling truth about the ‘monster fatberg’ - October 2017 The Big Issue - By Stewart Lee - October 24th, 2017

Last month, I found myself wondering if it could ever be right to take a life, to end what appeared to be thousands of lives. It was after my annual reunion with two old college friends, at a newly opened hipster pie bar on the roof of a fashionable Dalston venue-cum-live-space, Pie In The Sky.…

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie - March 2016 RaM Album Club - March 11th, 2016

The RaM Music Club is a blog where each week they pick a guest who chooses a critically acclaimed album they’ve never listened to. The guest explains why they’ve never listened to it, laying out any potential prejudice in advance. i.e. “I’ve never liked the cut of Pink Floyd’s jib” or “Mark E Smith frightens…