Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Humourless socialists: You've got to be joking, Cameron
David Cameron is wrong to say socialists are humourless. In fact, there is a fine tradition of leftwing wags...
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th April 2011The best comedy for spring 2011
Giggle your way through spring with Jeff Garlin (AKA Jeff Greene, Larry David's manager in Curb Your Enthusiasm), Dom Joly and Irish New Yorker Des Bishop.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th April 2011Tim Key: Deadpan poet's society
Steve Coogan is a big fan, but Tim Key doesn't do sold-out arenas and TV stand-up - and he loves it when no one laughs at his verse.
Brian Logan, The Independent, 6th February 2011The art of the one-liner
Readers have been inspired by an interview with comedians Tim Vine and Milton Jones to send in their own (and others) quick-fire wit.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th January 2011Tim Vine: Master of the mini-joke
Tim Vine is famed for his one-liners. Can he teach Brian Logan the art of the fast gag?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th January 2011Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense
Looking for a new you for the new year? Well, help is at hand. Brian Logan meets a 'motivational life coach' with a difference.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th January 2011Critic's comedy choice 2011: Lenny Henry on tour
The comedian's latest show, Cradle to Rave, is autobiographical - and a bold departure from previous work.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd January 2011Comedy for the year ahead
From relative newcomers such as Andi Osho to old-timers such as John Cleese.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd January 2011Anarchy in the UK: Aussie comic Tim Minchin
His musical of Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' for the RSC opens one night, his UK arena comedy stand-up tour the next. Is it any wonder Tim Minchin is going ape?
Brian Logan, The Independent, 12th December 2010Frankie Boyle's return to TV: what did you make of it?
The controversial comic is now free of the BBC straitjacket - but has Channel 4 just given him enough rope to hang himself?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st December 2010