If there is one comedian that keeps rising from the stepping stones of the comedy circuit, it’s James Acaster. 2016 was a great year for James – a sold out stand up tour, wrote a sitcom for the BBC about Jury Duty and got his fifth nomination at […]
If you are looking for a book that really opens your eyes to the early stages of Hollywood, the living conditions of Victorian times and an insight into the comedy genius that was one of our forefathers of comedy and slapstick, then this is a book truly not […]
If you are looking for a book that mixes comedy with geography then this is the book for you. Based on the popular Sky One show, Moaning of Life, the book takes an in depth look at the adventures of Karl Pilkington goes on in the show. […]
If you are looking for a book that is easy to read and is all about the life of being on SNL and the American Improv scene then this is the book for you. The autobiography of Amy Poehler takes you on a journey that you may not […]
If you are a fan of David Mitchells YouTube channel called Soapbox, then this book will be right up your street. It is a little bit outdated now as it is a book full of his articles that he has written over the years for the Observer newspaper. […]
I read a lot of autobiographies – I never used to but when my interest in comedy grew, I started reading loads of them – which I have spoken about throughout my time writing this blog.So I thought each time I finish a book I will start writing […]
Welcome to a new feature to The Phoenix Remix all about books! I read a lot of autobiographies – I never used to but when my interest in comedy grew, I started reading loads of them – which I have spoken about throughout my time writing this blog.So […]
This is the last article in the theme of all thing stories and ending on a topic that effects all of us – something we love also something we hate – when Hollywood Studios decide to take the words off the page and make them into a movie. […]
I never used to really be a fan of factual books as I used to relate them to school work and believed that books that you read for fun should be fiction. I remember in school my friend Leigham loved reading autobiographies and always was reading them or […]
If there is one thing I love from a book that’s factual is the adventure. My main area of interest when it comes to adventure is the big white continent, Antarctica and also the freezing North, The Arctic. I am obsessed with reading stories about adventures that happen […]
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