squirrels have 4 human-like personalities
but make it SATC (which one's carrie, charlotte, miranda, and...)
Hiya,
It’s been a looooong time! Since I last wrote, I’ve mainly been thinking about this: Squirrels have human-like personality traits, says study
This one’s a Samantha for sure.
What am I on about? Comedy. You can find out more by listening to the latest episode of the Needs Work podcast. I’m guesting on it because I’m the one whose comedy needs work!
You’ll find the podcast inside the latest edition of host Caroline Clifford’s newsletter, The Authentic Comedian. Listen on your phone via the Substack app.
Links I’ve enjoyed recently
I love short stories, this is a great guide
This is a wonderful blog on London’s history through its buildings
I love a cost-free third space, we’ve lost so many across the UK and we need them back desperately: A big day out in London’s indoor public space: Seven places where you can sit down inside for free
Links I would like you to enjoy, please
I know, I know, I’m not in touch for months, and now I’m asking you to buy tickets. Forgive me. I am up to a couple of fun things!
1. Good News / Bad News at Aces & Eights in north London, this Weds 8th May
Yes, I run a monthly comedy club now! We’ve got a great line-up this month, with a Ted Lasso actor (Derek Mitchell, catch him in the one where they go to Amsterdam), Rosalie Minnitt of Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre-smashing fame - and the headliner is Andrew White, producer plus third hoglet of Helen Bauer & Catherine Bohart’s gorgeous gorgeous podcast Trusty Hogs (Nominated for Best Podcast at Channel 4's National Comedy Awards 2023)!
2. Liz Truss’s The Traitors at Aces & Eights on 29th May, featuring an all-star cast!
Featuring the fantastic Liz impressionist Nerine Skinner (Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals, The Undateables)!
Watch out for updates on social media - we've got even more exciting special guests to announce...
Join our 49-Day Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, The Traitors’ enigmatic be-fringed host Claudia Winkleman, plus a bunch of other characters in cheap black hooded cloaks, to play the interactive game version of the hit TV show!
Who betrayed Liz Truss? You decide!
Like Liz’s new book, “Ten Years To Save The West… field Shopping Centre (Shepherd’s Bush only)”, this show is creative non-fiction with a whodunit / howdunit / whydunit mystery at its heart. Can you help Detective Winkleman and her trusty sidekick fringe figure out who the real traitor is? Who was murdered? Was anyone murdered? Wait, is that Nadine Dorries over there? Along with a whole host of surprise celebrity guests proclaiming their innocence?
3. My Edinburgh Fringe show, Doomscrolling
I’m going back! I’ll be up performing in a yurt by Bristo Square at 3pm every day from 15th-25th, so please do get a ticket and come along. I do character comedy now!!
Here’s the blurb:
In her second solo show, Suchandrika (Writer for BBC One's Have I Got News For You and Radio 4; Funny Women 'One To Watch') tries to explain our chronically-online era to her niece (5), and speculates about the future (because no one can say she’s wrong)… [click here for more]
That’s all from me, I’d love to see *you* at one of my shows!
In the meantime, why not follow @gdnewsbdnews on Insta to keep up with my shows?
Enjoy the last moments of our bank hol, UK readers… x