The rise of the rape joke

Jimmy Carr, who has several one-liners on rape. Photograph: NBCUPhotobank/Rex Features “You can’t do jokes about black people or Asian people,” the Australian comic Jim Jeffries told me last year, “but you can do a rape joke onstage now and there’s not a problem.” Interviewing several comedians for an article about offensiveness in comedy, I [...]

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Rewind radio: The Chris Moyles Show; The Archers; The Late Show

Chris Moyles has been at the helm of Radio 1′s breakfast show since January 2004. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images Chris Moyles, Radio 1 | iPlayer The Archers, Radio 4 | iPlayer The Late Show, Talksport | Listen again So Chris Moyles is back from his holiday and isn’t afraid to let us know it. “The [...]

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Rewind radio: The Chris Moyles Show; The Archers; The Late Show

Chris Moyles has been at the helm of Radio 1′s breakfast show since January 2004. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images Chris Moyles, Radio 1 | iPlayer The Archers, Radio 4 | iPlayer The Late Show, Talksport | Listen again So Chris Moyles is back from his holiday and isn’t afraid to let us know it. “The [...]

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Putri Indonesia Kena Guna-guna?

PUTRI Indonesia 2010, Qory Sandioriva, yang gagal masuk 15 Besar di ajang Miss Universe 2010 ini ditengarai kena guna-guna, dan jatuh dalam pengaruh pria yang akrab dengan ilmu klenik. Berita aneh ini bukan gosip, lantaran diungkapkan langsung oleh ibundanya, Ny. Fariyawati kepada wartawan di rumahnya, di Jalan Pinang Emas 1 Blok UU, No 12 A, [...]

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Chelsea Clinton weds Marc Mezvinsky in high-security ceremony

Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky at their wedding in Rhinebeck, New York state. Photograph: Genevieve De Manio/Reuters Chelsea Clinton outshone her parents last night as she wed her long-term boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, in Rhinebeck, New York state. Some of the wraps finally came off the high-security... 

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