Ben Elton

Kevin Bourke's 2009 theatre highlights

Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009

THEATRE fans can look forward to some of the world's best touring shows visiting Manchester during 2009.

Links of the year 2008 - Part 2

currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009

Yesterday I started publishing a list of my " links of the year ". Here are some of the most interesting links from April and May 2008. The BBC is too 'scared' to allow Islam jokes, says Ben Elton | Media | guardian.co.uk - 2008-04-02 Of more interest perhaps: "In the interview, Elton also talked about the decline of traditional sitcoms that could be enjoyed by mass audiences. 'I don't think it's...

List of Famous Comedians

ArticlesWave (Free subscription) | 26/12/2008

Over the time many comedians have enthralled us with their unprecedented wits to entertain and make us laugh. Doing comedy and engaging an audience time and again is not an easy job. Read on to know such people who did it amazingly well.

What To Watch This Christmas

TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008

Christmas! It's here! It even says it in the day! Christmas eve! Anyway you look at it, good times are upon us because it's a day off we wouldn't normally have, or, if you're not a Christian, you have the chance to exploit the double-time wages at work! Anyway, Christmas is all about one thing...

Martin Amis invisible in Manchester

The First Post (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008

Martin Amis (pictured), the bestselling author of Money and London Fields, may still be one the biggest beasts in British fiction, but he does not appear to have made…

I hate the drastic bryan people are taking theses days.

How to shed pounds with your bryan. (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008

S Trust Invest in Futures Gala Dinner and Charity Auction was hosted by Ben Elton last night and starred a performance by singer Bryan Adams. Publication on the condition that they may be edited. Recently, both cities signed off on a construction contract which will go to create the Twin Oaks landfill in Grimes County. The VOTERS are tired of BS politics, and ready for some HORSE SENSE to be used with...

Bismillah No! 10 reasons to hate Queen

Anorak News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

To my mind Queen are the most over-rated acts in the history of popular music – and here’s why…

blind faith

Phil's Treehouse (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

I’ve been reading Ben Elton’s books on and off since the 1980’s and his first book Stark. His latest Blind Faith is written in the typical Elton style with lots of quick fire observations similar to his verbal delivery, not much characterisation but more of a graphic novel without the pictures. Blind Faith is based in a near future world where a great flood has wiped out half the world and the story...

Christmas comeback for Blackadder

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

TV news: Rowan and the cast of the comedy series will return for a documentary special on BBC One, marking 25 years of the much-loved sitcom.

• Christmas comeback for Blackadder - The Independent

a new opinion in UK / Ireland Guide about We Will Rock You

dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008

a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about We Will Rock You written by jcpurpledragons We Will Rock You, written by Ben Elton and musically supervised by Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, is based around Queen's greatest hits. 

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More Remembrance: “Goodbyeee”

Scorched Earth (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

Comedy writer Richard Curtis is a genius in my eyes. The sensitive and respectful way in which he often places humanitarian messages into his comedy is commendable and I’m thinking today in particular about the final episode of the final series of Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth. The episode is called [...]

Tea at The Ritz with Rod?

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Tea at The Ritz with Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster was one of the prizes up for grabs at a charity auction.

Me and my hero

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

A political stand-up who lost his bite, a former cricket legend who fell from grace, and two 80s popstarswhose careers hit the skids. What happened when four Guardian writers caught up with their childhood idols?

Book review: Blind Faith

So anyway, (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008

vanessaw was keen for me to read Ben Elton's latest, Blind Faith . In it Elton returns to the genre of dystopian future he used a lot in his early novels, here creating a post-apocalyptic future where a twisted combination of religion and celebrity culture rules the country, destroying anyone who displays any individuality. It's readable enough, but even by his standards Elton is very pleased with...

Day 29 Back to School

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008

I spent the whole day day at Joey's school. She teaches 7 8 year olds at a multilingual school in Bangkok. There are about 24 children in the class and they are split into 2 groups. In each classroom there are two teachers one teaching the thai curriculum and one teaching the british curriculum. The both teach at the same time in the same room opposite corners and then after 40 minutes they