Here’s what venues can do to become fat-friendly spaces – and spare a lot of pain
Sofie Hagen
Making seat measurements readily available online and providing alternative options would enable everyone to have a nice time
August 2022
‘You have to be 100 times funnier in Danish’: the pitfalls and pleasures of taking comedy across borders
The climate crisis is so boring – but I also hate the idea of burning to death
Sofie Hagen
January 2021
The bed office
Duvet or don't they? Why Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen loves working from bed – and Glenda Jackson doesn't
Many more of us are conducting our business in bed. Keeley Hawes and Jeremy Paxman explain the benefits, while Lady Warsi and David Lammy are unimpressed
February 2020
Vault festival 2020: all of the latest reviews
Vault festival is a sprawling arts extravaganza beneath Waterloo station in London – keep track of the shows we’ve seen
September 2019
Sofie Hagen: The Bumswing review – a tricksy trip into a slippery comic mind
The standup riffs on the oddness of memory in a show that takes in Danish queens, Welsh sex breaks and a late gutpunch
July 2019
Shortcuts
Why Cadbury’s new ‘diet’ Dairy Milk is nothing to celebrate
Reducing the sugar content in a bar is just another reminder that chocolate is ‘bad’ – but I have a revolutionary diet that circumvents all these rules
April 2019
The G2 interview
Sofie Hagen: ‘Fat is a neutral word – I want us to reclaim it’
In her first book, the Danish comedian is calling for fat liberation – and happiness. She talks about anti-capitalism, abuse and how her view of her body changed overnight
February 2019
My funny valentine: standups on their most disastrous dates
A night in a cemetery, a trip to a strip club, five hours in A&E … comics relive their woeful romantic rendezvous
December 2018
Sofie Hagen and Scottee: 'Fat should be something you flaunt'
The comedian and her artist-activist friend have teamed up for Hamburger Queen, a beauty pageant that celebrates fatness
August 2018
The week in radio and podcasts: Made of Human; The Edinburgh Fringe Show; Reasons to be Cheerful
Stuck at home? These funny, informative shows can give you a taste of the Edinburgh fringe
December 2017
Sofie Hagen's new show is raw, urgent and confessional … but is it comedy?
Christmas culture 2017
My childhood Christmas by Conchita Wurst, Carlos Acosta, Oti Mabuse and more
August 2017
From scissor attacks to diabetes improv: comedians' weirdest gigs
Lucy Porter caused a breakup. Romesh Ranganathan did a diabetes panel show. And Clive Anderson was attacked with scissors. Comics relive their worst moments on stage
November 2016
The best Christmas comedy of 2016 – from Sofie Hagen to David Brent
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: stealing the book that saved my life
Jenn Ashworth
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: being abused on the street about my weight
Sofie Hagen
Pod complex
The Guilty Feminist: is it OK to watch Beauty and the Beast in your wedding dress?
October 2016
Open mic
The Comedian's Guide to Survival: can you really learn to be a standup?
A new film blurs fiction and reality with its tale of an aspiring comic. It asks to what extent you can study to become funny – or if you’re just born that way
September 2016
Open mic
Banned Harry Hill gag shows a shift in attitudes to both comedy and gender
Brian Logan
Ofcom has censured an old episode of TV Burp, eight years after deeming its skit about a transgender man acceptable. It signals a sea change in how trans issues are treated on the small screen and beyond
