Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours and how he’s finally made it in Nashville aged 73
‘I owe a lot to a de…
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‘This craving to go viral is tiresome’: the artists who’re sick of the pressure to promote on social media ⊕
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From Stewart Lee in his wolf costume to Werner Herzog’s big steak sizzle-up, artists are now under huge duress to ‘chase the algorithm’ and reach audiences. Many of them are hitting burnout – and hit…
7 months ago
Dining across the divide: ‘She’s not unwelcoming or racist but she thinks immigration is creating a brain drain elsewhere’ ⊕
They had different opinions on social media, asylum seekers and ‘woke’ politics, but which Stewart Lee sketch got them both laughing?
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Katy Perry got into space but I can’t get to Norwich | Stewart Lee ○
The pop star is back on Earth, the tech bros are wrecking everything, and my tour isn’t visiting that fine city of the east. Surely doomsday is nigh
A group of six women returned to Earth from space o…
16 months ago
If you’re reading this column, Elon Musk has messed up | Stewart Lee ○
Social media is lurching to the right like a tapeworm scenting offal – and X’s algorithms make it hard to find opposing opinion
Wake up grandad and put your opinions in the pedal bin! If you even thin…
Trump has microwaved my Cornetto of hope | Stewart Lee ○
The gadfly-minded abuser has openly threatened Greenland, Ukraine and Europe. He, and America, are the enemy now
I’d say writing comedy about the ever-shifting opinions of Donald Trump, the Speedy Gon…
17 months ago
Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee ○
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For the US president’s cheerleaders, the whitewashing of the deaths of ten of thousands of Ukrainians is a small price to pay for sticking it to the wokerati
Was it really only a month ago that the po…
A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee ○
The US president has scrapped paper straws because they allegedly ‘explode’ – a bit like the PM’s reputation if he keeps refusing to confront him on the big issues
It’s difficult to know whether to se…
1 years ago
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee ○
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As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out
Wow! That escalated quickly. Last time I filed my supposedly funny column, onl…
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