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…

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…

Farty TV and BBC Three - January 2015 Chortle - By Stewart Lee - January 21st, 2015

The redoubtable independent production company, Farty Television, have offered £100million to take over the digital channel BBC Three, which is facing a radical on-line only future, due to government assaults on the licence fee. Though public fondness for BBC Three rests largely on the reputations of quality programs like Gavin and Stacey (Baby Cow), Pulling…

A Journey To Avebury: Stewart Lee Interviews Julian Cope - June 2014 TheQuietUs - By Stewart Lee - June 27th, 2014

Julian Cope’s first novel, 131, opens with its protagonist, a former rock star brilliantly named Rock Section, trapped in an aircraft toilet, covered in his own excrement. “Your novel begins at the point where many would end,” I suggest. “Yes,” agrees Cope, “it’s the same as ‘Like A Hurricane’ by Neil Young. Straight in with…

WOLF PEOPLE – A NON PRESS RELEASE BY STEWART LEE - March 2013 Wolf People Non Press Release - By Stewart Lee - March 20th, 2013

Last night I had dinner with the molecular microbiologist Professor Keith Gull. He discussed the information overload that has taken shape in academia his lifetime, and how it has affected the working methods of his students. Over spinach and egg, Professor Gull identified the need to be able to extract the relevant points from the…