Mark Thomas should be on TV more – waving placards at people dressed in a panda suit. But he’s not, he’s doing an interesting show and he’s podcasting it in a really interesting way – using chunks of interviews from the show. If you don’t understand the credit crunch listen to this.
Oh – and MT is the only comedian to have been mentioned in my rambling wedding speech “.. oh no I’m going all mark thomas…”.

I finished two books in a week! Admittedly I started both of them last year – but hey! Bye Bye Balham by Richard Herring – perfect for slicey reading. Slicey as in a page or two at a time when you get a minute rather than a few sittings of a few hours which a ‘proper’ book deserves. Like the books Clarkson releases with his articles. Or Charlie Brooker. But from a blog not a column. Self contained little time wasters – but good. Mostly.
Weirdly I bought it more as a nod for the podcast he does with Andrew ‘Kermode must be on holidays’ Collins.

I just got my copies of Mustard – the new(ish) comedy magazine. A lot funnier than I expected. Although they better not keep using the phrase ‘post-spaced’ in interviews. Less than £5 for 3 issues.