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  Josie Long Pulls Out Of 'Festival UK 2022' After Realising It's... The Brexit Festival

  The comedian, who backed Remain, distanced herself from the event, which has been branded a waste of public money.

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  Stephen Merchant, Sara Pascoe, Jo Brand among artists joining in new online Stay at Home Festival

  Sara Pascoe, Stephen Merchant, Jo Brand and Mark Gatiss are among a group of comedians, artists and musicians to take part in a new daily online festival.The Stay at Home Festival, hosted by comedians Josie Long and Robin Ince, will be live-streamed every day from March 19, hoping to plug the gap as gigs and festivals have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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  Josie Long: Tender, Soho Theatre, review: in mourning for Motherland? Then this is the show for you

  What a delight it is to have Josie Long back. If you feel the national mood has grown glummer lately – tempers shorter, nerves more strained – it might just be because it has been five long, Longless years since her last tour.

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  Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Josie Long review – Mischievous new mother is joyously woke in every way

  Josie Long’s shows have often been about how much she cares about the world. Now she has more reason than ever to care. She became a mother 13 months ago, and following a break she is back with Tender, in which she finds shards of light in dark times.A significant chunk of her show is taken up with an account of her 50-hour labour. Childbirth might be a well-covered subject, yet you can always rely on Long to have an original, idiosyncratic angle, whether it is dubbing her stabbing contractions

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  Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse, Love Island doc Alex George and more on for Celebrity MasterChef 2019

  BBC has unveiled for the full line-up for the upcoming 2019 series of Celebrity MasterChef, which boasts a whole new batch of famous faces including Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse and EastEnders veteran Adam Woodyatt.Hosted by John Torode and Gregg Wallace, Celebrity MasterChef - much like the original version of the show - sees several individuals create assigned dishes before presenting them to a professional kitchen's head chef.This year, Radio DJs Judge Jules, Rickie Haywood-W

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  Digital Spy

  Celebrity MasterChef signs up EastEnders legend as full cast is unveiled

  There's also a Strictly star and a TOWIE fave.

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  Battersea Arts Centre is holding a fundraiser for Grenfell Tower

  Battersea Arts Centre have announced that they will hold a fundraiser for those affected by the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower. The event, organised along with comedian Mark Thomas, will take place at the arts venue next Monday (June 19), with all proceeds going to the Grenfell Tower Appeal. Daniel Kitson will host the event, which will feature a line-up of some of the UK’s best comedians including Jeremy Hardy, Josie Long, Heydon Prowse, and Imran Yusuf.

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  Greenbelt 2016: Simple Times, Sacraments & Ceefax

  There's not many festivals that can boast a line up which includes a Tibetan electric lute player, a former hostage and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The three day gathering in the lush grounds of Boughton House, near Kettering, describes itself as a collision of the arts, faith, and justice. This year's headliners included cult-optimist comedian Josie Long who covered topics ranging from Brexit to why eating a salad for lunch had transformed her 2016.

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