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Jokes, cheers and dire warnings: Twitter reacts to Musk’s takeover
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Elon Musk’s $44bn deal to buy Twitter has elicited cheers, concern, and lots of questions for the future, most of them issued on, wel, Twitter. Muskus, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist”, reached ...
James Blunt jokes he will release new music on Spotify in Rogan protest
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James Blunt has jokily threatened to release new music on Spotify if the audio streaming service does not remove a podcast by the US commentator Joe Rogan that has been criticised for promoting anti-vax views. The Eng...
PM’s flight of fancy as he jokes about firing Tory MPs into orbit
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Boris Johnson has joked about sending critical Conservative MPs into space and recalled doing a “fantastic loop the loop” in an RAF Typhoon as he reflected on his premiership in a valedictory speech. While the race to...
En Net So: bad jokes are the least of its problems
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Good sex, like good comedy, relies on timing, and maybe, 17 years after the original show ended, 11 years after the second film departed cinemas, Sex and the City no longer has its finger on the clitoris when it comes...
‘There’s never been a time when you could just say anything’: Frank Skinner on free speech, his bullying shame – and knob jokes
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It was while he was writing his latest Edinburgh show that Frank Skinner noticed a problem with his brain. He was hoping to perform a “cleaner, cleverer” kind of act, one that would let him look out at the crowd and –...
The milkman is back! Can the smutty jokes be far behind?
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Naam: Milkmen. Ouderdom: Milkmen – and they pretty much were all men back in those days – first showed up in Britain in around about 1860 to deliver fresh milk to people’s doorsteps. Voorkoms: Early, cheerful, most prob...
Flashback – Jayde Adams and her late sister, Jenna: ‘I started making jokes at her bedside, and I haven’t stopped since’
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Born in Bristol in 1984, Jayde Adams is a comedian, actor and presenter known for her bombastic storytelling, extrovert aesthetics and operatic abilities. Her debut standup show – written in the wake of her sister’s d...
‘Enjoying yourself?’: Queen jokes with G7 leaders in family photo – video
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The Queen caused G7 world leaders to break out into laughter as she cracked a joke when they posed for a photo at an evening reception hosted by the monarch on Friday. ‘Are you supposed to be looking as if you're enjo...
Ukrainian president jokes Russia hacked his headset at security conference – video
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The Ukrainian president joked that Russians have hacked his headset after translations stopped working during a discussion at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Speaking to Christaine Amanpour, Volodymyr Zele...
Don’t give up the day job: groans all round for Sunak’s budget jokes
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He may be the Tories’ most polished politician. And he may even be a future prime minister. But there is one area where Rishi Sunak definitely falls flat: delivering jokes. In his 64-minute budget speech on Wednesday,...
Middle Eastern stand-ups: ‘People assume we only do terrorist jokes’
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Every comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that her jokes weren’t the problem. To research comedy nights on Facebook, Younis set up a new account, and to avo...
Phil Wang review – an irresistible set of smart and silly jokes
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Sixteen years in Malaysia, 16 in die UK. Thirty-two-year-old Phil Wang’s geographical equilibrium is nicely reflected in his new show The Real Hero in All This. If you want intelligent standup (a bit observational, a ...
‘I don’t matter’: Queen jokes about her platinum jubilee cake being upside down – video
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The Queen jokes at an event held in Sandringham House in the lead up to the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. 'I don’t matter,' she said when she was told it had been positioned to face the press. 'I t...
Skotse sokkerskrywers se liggaam jammer, want 'volgende vlak' seksistiese grappies lei tot uitstap
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'n Liggaam wat sokkerskrywers in Skotland verteenwoordig het om verskoning gevra nadat 'n spreker se seksistiese en misoginistiese grappies deelnemers aangespoor het om uit sy jaarlikse toekenningsdinee te stap. Die terugslag op opmerkings by Sondag se Skotse ...
‘The butt of all jokes’: why TV needs to ditch stale immigrant stories
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It feels sad, amid a wave of such positive, nuanced, complex depictions of immigrants on TV, that United States of Al had to launch this month in the US. “How do you say: ‘We’re so happy to see you’ in – what language...
‘Cheeky’ Queen jokes as she congratulates Australians of the Year
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The Queen displayed a “cheeky” sense of humour when she met virtually with several Australians of the Year and the country’s governor general as part of her platinum jubilee celebrations. During the Zoom call with the...