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Sean Hughes

March 2019

  • Simon Munnery in an alley behind the Stand comedy club in Edinburgh

    Simon Munnery: Who owns a joke? Not me, you or James Joyce

    On his way to Sean Hughes’s funeral, the standup thought of a new joke – but who’s to say it belongs to him?

August 2018

  • Trailblazer … Sean Hughes in his show Life Becomes Noises at the Edinburgh festival in 2012.

    Joke's over: why standups should refresh the tired 'Edinburgh show'

    Paul Fleckney
    The classic Edinburgh comedy show lasts an hour, with a strong narrative component and an inevitable ‘sad bit’. But this rigid template is stifling creativity

October 2017

  • Sean Hughes

    Remembering Sean Hughes: ‘The sadness is he didn’t get to be old, just lonely’

  • Margaret Thatcher working as a research chemist

    Brief letters
    Atomisation of society under a chemist prime minister

  • Sean Hughes

    Sean Hughes imagines his death: 'I know how boring funerals can be'

  • Sean Hughes

    'Charming, soulful, a proper comic': Sean Hughes tributes – and his funniest jokes

  • Sean Hughes obituary

  • Sean Hughes's greatest TV moments: from DIY nursing to Finbar the talking shark

  • Farewell to Sean Hughes, sparky comedy gadfly in a league of his own

  • Sean Hughes: comedian dies aged 51

July 2017

  • Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon

    On the fringe of fame: star comics caught on camera in their early days at Edinburgh

    A stash of film shot in the 1990s chronicles the rise of the big names of comedy including Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Jo Brand

July 2015

  • Sara Pascoe

    Gagging rights: British comedians set up UK Comedy Guild trade union

    After endless disputes over non-payment, sexism and exploitation, leading players such as Sara Pascoe have joined forces to stamp out funny business

May 2015

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks currently features Phill Jupitus, Rhod Gilbert and Noel Fielding

    BBC axes Never Mind the Buzzcocks after 20 years

    Music panel show, which has featured team captains including Phill Jupitus, Noel Fielding, Sean Hughes and Bill Bailey, has run to 28 series

April 2015

  • Sean Hughes

    My family values
    Sean Hughes: My family values

    The comedian and actor talks about being a loner as a child, even with two brothers, and why he’s not cut out to be married with kids

March 2015

  • (Left to right) Sara Pascoe, Bridget Christie, Luisa Omielan

    Open mic
    Is the pen ever mightier than the mic for comedians?

    Sara Pascoe, Bridget Christie and Luisa Omielan all have books in the pipeline. Which standups rule the page as well as the stage?

January 2014

  • Sean Hughes

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new live comedy

    Sean Hughes | Adam Riches | Jamie Demetriou

February 2013

  • Sarah Silverman

    This week's new live comedy
    This week's new live comedy

    Sarah Silverman | Tom Rosenthal | Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises

September 2012

  • Sean Hughes

    'I matured very late in life': Sean Hughes on the death of his father

    Sean Hughes didn’t always get on with his father, but dealing with his death has changed him. What’s more, the comedian tells Caroline Rees, spending time together during that last illness also inspired his new stage show. By Caroline Rees

August 2012

  • Derevo Theatre company take an early morning baptism

    Murdo Macleod's Edinburgh festival - in pictures

  • Sean Hughes: Life Becomes Noises – Edinburgh review

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