Austin Knight
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Austin Knight

BBC News: “People sent long distances for Covid tests”    I’ve heard people have travelled from London to Castle Barnard to get their eyes tested, too.  Non Stick Nora wanted a divorce because of Barmy Albert’s obsession with metaphors. He told me:- “It came like a bolt out of the blue, you could have knocked … Continue reading

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Austin knight April 20
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Austin knight April 20

Typical UK innit!  If perchance we have one centimetre of snow, then the country grinds to a halt. A serious pandemic virus and it’s: “Oh, let’s go to Blackpool and get some fish and chips!”  They say you can’t fix stupid. It would appear that you can’t quarantine it either! Never approach a bull from … Continue reading

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Austin Knight Aug 19
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Austin Knight Aug 19

Best Facebook status of last week was about our new prime minister, Boris Johnson, who as you probably know was educated at Oxford and Eton and excelled in English and Classics. However, on Facebook, Sharon, an overweight, unemployed chav from Toxteth, is of the profound opinion that: “Boris Jonsen is an moran. Cant beleev heez … Continue reading

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Agent Focus Aug 19

BY PUBLISHING THIS NEW AND REGULAR FEATURE, WE HOPE TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS LIVES OF UK CABARET SUBSCRIBERS WHO OPERATE IN THE AGENCY SECTOR. BARRIE LUCAS HAS BEEN A COUNCILLOR OF THE AGENTS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS AND TALKS TO MARK RITCHIE ABOUT HIS CAREER JOURNEY. MR: How long have you actually operated as … Continue reading

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Austin Knight – Aug 17
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Austin Knight – Aug 17

I cleared out my grandmother’s house yesterday, I put all the good stuff on eBay and I took the rest down to the car boot sale and some to the charity shop, I then went to the estate agent and put her house on the market.  You should have seen her face when she got … Continue reading

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Austin Knight July 2017
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Austin Knight July 2017

If you are on PAYE and you look at your payslip this week and you wonder what NI stands for, then it’s Northern Ireland, so it is.  The futures bright.  The futures orange!   Jose Mourinho has told Wayne Rooney that if he wants to leave Old Trafford, he’ll have to put it in writing. … Continue reading

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Name drops and acid drops
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Name drops and acid drops

Name drops and acid drops UK Cabaret managing editor Mark Ritchie recalls some of the high-spots and low points in his long career as an entertainer and show business journalist. Entertainers who moan about reviews they are unhappy with soon became part and parcel of life as a reviewer during my 16 years with The … Continue reading

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Austin Knight June 2017
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Austin Knight June 2017

A man was knocked over last week on the A57, by a red lorry, then a yellow lorry, then another red lorry, then another yellow lorry. When the Police constable went to inform his wife, he told her;  “There’s really no easy way to say this…” The missus had just got back from the garden … Continue reading

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