Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
by W. David Marx · 18 Nov 2025 · 642pp · 142,332 words
’re a hero to millions,” the group’s leader, Charlie Kirk, told him. “It’s an honor to be able to have you.” British comedian Russell Brand, once a self-styled antiestablishment leftist, pivoted to full MAGA allegiance after accusations surfaced of sexual abuse and grooming underage women. By 2024, he had
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counter-counterculture variety show. One guest speaker was Amber Rose—Ye’s ex, known for her shaved head and forehead tattoo of her sons’ names. Russell Brand was there to support the cause. Meanwhile, the Democratic ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ran on the premise that Republicans had become extremely
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Rittenhouse.” GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT “magical amulet”: Raven Smith, “On Russell Brand’s Troubling Rebrand,” Vogue, October 16, 2024, https://www.vogue.com/article/russell-brand-troubling-rebrand. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT he faced charges: Noor Nanji, “Russell Brand Charged with Rape and Sexual Assault,” BBC News, April 4, 2025, https://www
Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
by Garson O'Toole · 1 Apr 2017 · 376pp · 91,192 words
. Kevin Kruse, “Top 100 Inspirational Quotes,” Forbes, May 28, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/05/28/inspirational-quotes/3/. VENTRILOQUY The comedian Russell Brand has written two bestselling autobiographies, My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up (2007) and Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s
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formulate this question and perform this exploration. Thanks also to the Project Wombat group. In addition, many thanks to Anne Rice for her response. 1. Russell Brand, Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal (London: HarperCollins, 2010), 1. 2. “Franz Kafka > Quotes > Quotable Quote,” Goodreads, accessed November 8, 2013, https://www
Lonely Planet London
by Lonely Planet · 22 Apr 2012
, Julian Clary, Rowan Atkinson, Reeves & Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, Jo Brand, Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G, Borat and Brüno), Ricky Gervais, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Russell Brand, Josie Long, Paul Sinha, Tiernan Douieb, Russell Howard and Alan Carr. London’s leading comedy event is the Greenwich Comedy Festival (www.greenwichcomedyfestival.co.uk
March of the Lemmings: Brexit in Print and Performance 2016–2019
by Stewart Lee · 2 Sep 2019 · 382pp · 117,536 words
article I’ve ever read. Mikemills2016 I think he’s trying to be funny – ‘edgy’: the entire piece sounds like Lee’s hero and mentor, Russell Brand. Ronniestorrs What an evil article. A pompous and self satisfied diatribe against one of the few honest and honourable members of Parliament. JRM certainly has
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people, by which I mean people under forty, and I hope there’s none in.138 ‘I’m under forty. I’m disillusioned. I like Russell Brand, I didn’t vote, yeah. Oh no, I’ve got no future now. Never mind, I’ve got this phone.’ STEW MIMES A YOUNG PERSON
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sense now, as it suddenly seemed a long time since the days when Labour leader Ed Miliband was seeking the endorsement of the newly politicised Russell Brand, who was running around advising people not to vote as there was no point. 139 This bit grew and grew, until I could dance around
Lonely Planet London City Guide
by Tom Masters, Steve Fallon and Vesna Maric · 31 Jan 2010
first novel, based on fact, set in 1920s Somerset. Lydia Fulton, Manager of Wapping Project Bookshop, was interviewed by Vesna Maric * * * Recent years have unearthed Russell Brand, one of the UK’s most loved and prolific comedians, and stars such as young but sharp Josie Long, Paul Sinha, Tiernan Douieb and Russell
How I Escaped My Certain Fate
by Stewart Lee · 18 Aug 2010
I Music Theatre II English Hecklers in New Zealand III Derek Bailey/Ruins/Aristocrats IV Johnny Vegas – Instrument of God V An Improvised Discussion about Russell Brand on Big Brother’s Little Brother VI Pestival Set, May 2007 VII ‘I’ll Only Go If You Throw Glass’ VIII Did Tony Blair Plagiarise
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closing. It’s charming.† * As a rule I try to avoid using long and complicated words that not everyone understands, as it seems like something Russell Brand would do to try and make Sun readers think he was an intellectual. But ‘prelapsarian’ is the perfect word to use here. † There are echoes
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a motivation that Ron Atkinson had in mind when using it in this context. Though in a world where the London Evening Standard has described Russell Brand as ‘the closest thing we have to Lenny Bruce’, I suppose it’s possible that Ron Atkinson too may have been using offensive language and
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a story, or a scandal, in which you yourself were a character?* * Out of professional curiosity, I would like to have seen the TV personality Russell Brand’s 2009 stand-up show, Scandalous, in which he talked about his role in the Sachsgate scandal. A BBC producer had mistakenly broadcast a recording
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right-wing media to fulfil its own anti-BBC agenda, mobilising ‘decent people’ much in the manner of Christian Voice. And the thought of watching Russell Brand drag this out for an hour, whilst girls threw their bras at him, and then having to read him being described as the ‘closest thing
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into and expert analysis of the phenomena of some twats in a place. And this programme’s hosted by Russell Brand. And what it meant when the bad racism happened, it meant that Russell Brand was contractually obliged to look meaningfully into the camera, making a serious face, and condemn racism in the strongest
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cutesy, diminutive Mr Men names for his own penis. Mr Winky. Mr Dinky. Mr Dingle-donky-dinkywinky-wooky-woo-wa-ner. And the way that Russell Brand thinks up cutesy, diminutive Mr Men names for his own penis makes him sound like a child molester who is trying to convince himself to
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not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character,’ Martin Luther King. And when Russell Brand saw racism in his place of work, Big Brother, Russell Brand said, ‘Oooh, there’s been some bad racism and stuff going down today and no mistake, my liege. It’s
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. Oh yes it has, oh yeah. And my ball-bag, my old ball-bag, has only gone up my bum. Here’s H from Steps.’* * Russell Brand didn’t actually say this. He said, ‘Racism, it’s such a wank thing, innit? It’s such a pain in the arse that someone
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, and kept Johnny as a character. But I didn’t. And it’s too late now.’ Esquire magazine, December 2004 V: An Improvised Discussion about Russell Brand on Big Brother’s Little Brother This is an interrogation/interview that Johnny Vegas and I improvised from areas of conversation that I had suggested
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to him previously, included as an extra on the 41st Best Stand-Up Ever DVD, in order not to misrepresent Russell Brand, whom I had misquoted, knowingly, during the show itself. I maintained that I had no obligation to represent Brand’s behaviour accurately as what I
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, CROUCH END, LONDON. JOHNNY VEGAS: But, er, is it right, I, I’ve got here … Is it an actual quote that, um, that you have Russell Brand saying about racism on Celebrity Big Brother? ’Cause you claim … STEWART LEE: Yeah … No, he … VEGAS: … that he said, ‘Ooh, there’s some bad racism
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can be easily dealt with by celebrity. And, and when you think of celebrity, the person you think of, I think, for most people is Russell Brand. And the way that they think he speaks is in the way that I’ve said. So to me, it doesn’t really matter what
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actually feel quite awkward about …’ LEE: Yeah, well, I mean … VEGAS: ‘… what I’ve said about them’? LEE: You know, I feel the same about Russell Brand as I would about Tom O’Connor. You know, the stuff ’s out there now, and, er, you know, let’s see, see what happens
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thought, “Oh, I wish I could have a bone.”’ It’s the same … That’s how I feel about a celebrity, about a, about a Russell Brand character … I have to, I kind of have to impose my thoughts onto … VEGAS: I know. LEE: … canvas. VEGAS: In theory, in theory, if he
Sarah Millican--The Queen of Comedy
by Tina Campanella · 14 Apr 2017 · 252pp · 80,924 words
must have fitted seamlessly into the line-up. Many a household name has cut their teeth appearing on the Late N’ Live stage. Tim Minchin, Russell Brand, Rhona Cameron, Tommy Tierney – the list of its comedy pedigree is endless and, as a result, the So You Think You’re Funny competition is
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, as Ian began to tell a story about one infamous panellist who had left the studio during filming – to go to the toilet. ‘We had Russell Brand on…’ ‘…Never mind,’ Sarah cut in, making the crowd laugh once more. Next, they discussed the police force’s response to burglary and once again
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with male guests are usually conducted with a healthy dose of sexual innuendo – something Sarah is an expert at. In 2010, the women interviewed lothario Russell Brand. Denise Welch welcomed him by lifting up her top to reveal a corset emblazoned with his favourite football team’s logo. Then Carol McGiffin told
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Comedy Awards has been recognising comic talent since 1990. Jonathan Ross has presented the ceremony since 1991, only missing a year in 2008 following the Russell Brand/Andrew Sachs radio disaster. Sarah had, in fact, been nominated for two awards: Best Female TV Comic and Best Female Breakthrough Comedy Artist. The comedy
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, according to The Sun, were Steve Coogan, who made £5 million in 2010; Jimmy Carr, who also earned £5 million; Frankie Boyle (£4.5 million); Russell Brand (£4 million) and Eddie Izzard (£4 million). In 2010, when these men were earning amazing amounts and the recession was in full swing, 24 comedians
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a comedian, his shows often had a comedy element and he regularly teamed up with comics on the shows he presented. One of those was Russell Brand, who he joined on Brand’s Radio Two late-night show back in 2008. When the pair thought it would be hilarious to ring up
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
by Johann Hari · 20 Jan 2015 · 513pp · 141,963 words
and commented on it in ways that made it better, or helped me in some other way: Patrick Strudwick, Jessica Smerin, Josepha Jacobson, Adam Thirlwell, Russell Brand, Lizzie Davidson, Noam Chomsky, Sarah Punshon, Daniel Bye, Tom Angell, Evgeny Lebedev, Ammie al-Whatey, Rachel Seifert, Glenn Greenwald, Arianna Huffington, Eugene Jarecki, Sarah Morrison
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
by John Seabrook · 4 Oct 2015 · 388pp · 106,138 words
, McKee went on to help Perry write lyrics to five more huge hits, including her best song, “Wide Awake,” written after her short marriage to Russell Brand dissolved. McKee also collaborated on “Dynamite,” with Taio Cruz, and on “Hold It Against Me,” with Britney Spears, both smashes. But McKee still hadn’t
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the pre, that builds toward Ester’s hook. Boom boom boom Even brighter than the moon moon moon. The lyrical concept came from Perry herself. Russell Brand had pointed out to her the great passage in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road in which the narrator expresses his admiration for people like
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons From Modern Life
by David Mitchell · 4 Nov 2014 · 354pp · 99,690 words
started off as righteous fury at the investment banker community for their incompetence and amorality has spread to almost every aspect of public life. First, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’s misjudged Radio 2 broadcast invoked a storm of rage, directed not just at them but against all broadcasters and celebrities. Then
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was a new low. It was Hazel Blears, the communities secretary, eliciting a round of applause on Any Questions for suggesting that Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand should pay the BBC’s “Sachsgate” Ofcom fine. The rest of the panel bravely agreed with her. “Well, you would be offended by that!” you
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remark is so offensive that he can’t even apologise for it himself. The apology has to come from the head of state. Not even Russell Brand ever went so far that Her Majesty was called upon publicly to atone. So I doubt that De Niro’s half-hearted attempt to say
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difference between cats and dogs? But, ultimately, Reeves wasn’t boring because of her presentational failings, because she lacks Churchill’s or Bevan’s or Russell Brand’s charisma; it was because nothing she says seems to matter. Nothing any politician says on TV nowadays seems surprising or important, unless it’s
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