To mark the passing of Bill Oddie, here's a drawing that our son did of him back in 2003, as part of an infant school assignment.
Cologne 3/7/26. Pic 1 cathedral. Pic 2 creepy puppets in shop window. Pic 3 graffiti. Photos #2 from our holiday. Stay tuned for more snaps over the next few days.
Manneken Pis chocolate, Brussels, 3/7/26. Sadly, he doesn't pee cocoa. Photo #1 from our holiday. Stay tuned for more snaps over the next few days.
Found this excellently named snack in a shop on Cologne station
Masses of starlings in Whitstable last night - set to a top tune. Enjoy!
Demonstrating how I can't do crowdwork is always the way into the "Stupid Questions" section of Funny Rabbit.
Here's me giving the keynote at Humour: An Interdisciplinary Symposium for TORCH at the University of Oxford on Friday. The title of my talk is From Charity Shops to the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.
Onstage at the Blind Pig in Folkestone last night with audience in a playful mood. Performing there at the first night of Sharp Turns, a cabaret night run by Liz Page, Will Train and Jono.
Water outage in Whitstable. No water again today. This sign one of many I spotted when I went out to get bottled water this morning. South East Water is an absolute disgrace. No warning given. Nobody answering the phones. The simple truth is they don't care.
Going to be compering this great gig with three amazing comedians I've been lucky enough to teach, Kyrah Gray, Laura Lexx and Adam Dorr plus one brilliant ranting poet who I've been a fan of since I was a teen, Attila the Stockbroker.
This is how happy I look when I see one's of Poly Styrene's costumes in the flesh. Poly Styrene was the leader of X-Ray Spex - one of the the most brilliant and original punk bands of all time.
Last one of the spring season tomorrow night with Steve Bugeja and Ingrid Dahle plus guest spots from Livi Kolinsky, Harry Ainsworth and David Robert not to mention a ton of craziness I'm not going to go into here. Want to find out what's in store? You've got to be there!
Hit a roadblock working out anagrams of the acts' names for this Friday's Funny Rabbit. One of 'em has 2 Ks in it and there's only one K in a standard Scrabble set. Thank God for Boggle! #scrabble #boggle #anagrams #funnyrabbitcomedyclub #gulbenkianartscentre
Here's me getting a laugh when I'm not even in the room at the last Funny Rabbit.
New T-shirt. Nothing else for it but dancing around to the Roobarb theme like a loon.
Here's strongwoman Joan Rhodes, because it's Music Hall & Variety Day 2026! Joan wore fishnets as she tore up telephone directories, bent steel bars and challenged men in the audience to feats of strength. And she always won!
Here's my drawing of music hall comedian Mark Sheridan. I'll be singing his most famous song at next week's Funny Rabbit Comedy Club But can you name it? Posting this in advance of tomorrow's Music Hall & Variety Day 2026. Tiddly-om-pom-pom!
No, LinkedIn, I do not know Peter Hitchens, nor do I want to connect with him.
Cap'n Sam in Monday's May Day parade in Whitstable. I reckon he bears a passing resemblance to David O'Doherty.
Hooden horse in Monday's May Day Parade in Whitstable. It spotted me taking photos and posed obligingly, giving me its best angle. Got to love a cheeky hooden horse!
I love how this morris dancer played to my camera in this morning's May Day celebrations.
When they were kids, one of my kids drew this pic of me. My favourite bit is the stink lines.
I'm doing the keynote at a symposium at Oxford University next month. Oo, get me!
Interview I did for the Kent Current has just been published. Read it here: www.kentcurrent.news/embrace-your...
“Embrace your inner oddball”
What we asked Oliver Double, Reader in Comic and Popular Performance at the University of Kent
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Lovely birthday teatime at Harbour Street Tapas last night, followed by a beautiful beach walk. Fab!
Was great to meet with @oliverdouble.bsky.social and talk about Linda Smith.
Kent Current@kentcurrent.news · 4mo agoIn our latest interview, we spoke to @oliverdouble.bsky.social, Reader in Comic and Popular Performance at the University of Kent, about the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive, Kent's relationship with comedy, and why stand-up should be taken seriously.
Had to replace my old phone. Which gave me an excuse to get a new phone case printed up. Yeah, it's Funny Rabbit cosplaying as Rick from The Young Ones. That's how niche I am now.
