Spring and new beginnings… I’m missing teaching regular comedy classes this month. I was told this week that my workshops are addictive!...

A clown doctor, off to train doctor trainers’, wearing a new pair of trainers. Work that one out! The theme for the GP conference is...

A BUSY WEEK!!! Tuesday: Showcase of my first comedy course for 2025. Brilliantly funny sets. Congratulations everyone - you were a blast!...

Here's looking at you... there's womb for all! We have a fab line up of funny women at the next Stand-Up Comedy Mash Up in Exeter. Yes,...

...in the butt! Especially cigarette butts. People are still tossing these dirty dog ends on the floor. Found out recently that they...

Image: Clowning as Baroness Elsa at The Tate Modern (2009) A slice of humour for health! Have cake and wear it... Dose of Therapeutic...

I was feeling pretty tired, low... ... and much like a rubbery, deflated birthday balloon that hangs limply, undetected, behind the sofa...

Endings means it's ALL about the NEW... 2024 is drawing to a close. Endings…   It has been a year of endings, however, this often means...

Harry Venning SAFE to laugh, play and be well... SAFE Foundation - Stop Abuse For Everyone, is set to benefit from some of the...

Been a few disappointments and dark times recently – personal and business, where I have been laid low. But beginning to bounce back,...

I have half-drunk mugs of tea throughout the day. Do you? Is the answer to make only half a mug of tea – or would that mean I only drink...

A bit of a blip... Over 20 years ago, a pro comedian told me, you need a hundred gigs to feel at ease (he actually said, “couldn’t care...

What were you thinking?  I have scheduled next January’s, a stand-up comedy course! Not normally one for looking ahead and being so...

Have you ever been bitten the bug? My enthusiasm for teaching and performing comedy has never waned – or caused rashes / involuntary...

Not me!   My house is having a facelift – hurrah! It is now cloaked in lime-based mortar so no more leaks. Hurrah! My finances took a hit...

Keep up the good work! Practice, practice, practice if you want to improve. Improve what? Anything! The Olympic participants do it and so...

Who or what will you be? Welcome to the magical world of manifestations - storms; falling in love in the blink of an eye and crafting a...

Comedy writing isn’t about writing jokes with a pre-set joke formula. What is vital is that we open up and share our thoughts - have a...

Surprise, surprise! (Insert image / vocals of the late Cilla Black for a day-long earworm 😂) I love a day punctuated by surprises; it’s...

Only 31 days to a new government... Well, who knows? There are so many parties – Greens, Blues, Reds, Yellows etc. Maybe we should have a...