Standing up to be counted: David Baddiel has a new Edinburgh show

Given that David Baddiel's first stand up show for 16 years apparently arose out of an educational talk, the George Square Theatre (a lecture hall for the rest of the year), is a venue match made in heaven. It's also a far cry from the comedian's Wembley Arena days of rock n' roll comedy.

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<br/>Delia Smith is now just as famous for her rallying cries during Norwich City home games than for being a TV chef. Smith is the majority shareholder at the Norfolk club and famously issued the rallying cry 'Come on, let's be 'avin' you' and 'We need a 12th man! Where are you?'

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson and other famous football fans including Michael Jackson, Prince George and Usain Bolt

In the wake of the boy band star's contract signing with Doncaster, we take a look at other well-known names to have expressed their support for a certain club

Omit The Logic, Richard Pryor

Film review: Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic, Marina Zenovich, Sheffield Doc Fest

In the long history of troubled and self-destructive comedians, few have been quite as troubled or as self-destructive as Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the subject of Marina Zenovich’s new feature doc. The film - a UK premiere at the Sheffield Doc Fest - has barely started when we hear about Pryor setting himself on fire after a booze and freebasing cocaine binge.

Caprice is expecting two babies - one by surrogate

Caprice confirms she is expecting two babies - one by surrogate

Model, actress and television personality Caprice is expecting a baby just a month after a surrogate mother is expected to give birth for her.

Snappy dresser: fancy an outfit from Gossip Girl? A new app makes it a couple of clicks away

Shazam for fashion? I'll have what she's wearing

Most of us, at one time or another, have coveted a T-shirt, jacket or pair of shoes that someone on telly is wearing.

The sea is too loud, and where's Gary Barlow? Bizarre cruise ship complaints revealed

Bizarre complaints revealed by online cruise travel agency

Danny Cipriani keeps the ball moving for Sale in their win over London Welsh

Forget California, Visit Bournemouth

Think Bournemouth is all beach-strolling and cycling?

Michael Ibsen, whose DNA will help to prove whether Richard III’s remains were indeed those found in a Leicester car park

The man who will unmask Richard III

Emily Dugan meets the man whose DNA should confirm the identity of a body found in Leicester

Rebecca Tyrrel: Any hopes Jim Davidson has of reviving his career look illogical (captain)

Who knew that when Trekkie Jim Davidson learnt of Patrick Stewart's support for the Labour Party, he wept? He sobbed his heart out because Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation is a leftie or "do-goody, leftie, white, socialist hybrid", as Davidson prefers to call all Labour voters.

Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef

Egyptian TV host accused of insulting Morsi

Prosecutors are investigating a popular television comedian for allegedly insulting the President. An Islamist lawyer filed the charges against Bassem Youssef, whose show on the private satellite channel is modelled on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in the US.

Album: Amy Winehouse, Amy Winehouse At The BBC (Island)

A poignant glimpse of talent that was too much to handle

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You can't beat Beats. Or can you?

Archie Bland: Jacintha Saldanha deserves to be more than a fable

With 2Day FM's decision to cancel its Christmas party, and promise of a £320,000 donation to Jacintha Saldanha's family, a full stop, or at least a semi-colon, may now be written in to the narrative of her death. A large sum of money, and a promise not to have any fun: these are the kinds of expressions of regret we can understand.

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Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
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Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

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Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

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What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

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10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

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The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

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