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tom and daniel
February 7, 2021  |  By Dom  |  In Dom's Thoughts

I am legend…

An exciting start to my year and a need perhaps to recalibrate my career, my accomplishments and my place in the world. Because it turns out that I am in fact, a legend. Who knew? Not me and it seems not my son either when Daniel Kaluuya made the surprise announcement during an actor to […]

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Des_O-Connor
November 18, 2020  |  By Dom  |  In Dom's Thoughts

My tribute to Des O’Connor

I owe a great deal to Des O’Connor who died last week, as anyone who has read Eclipsed can attest. It might even be that Des had a greater impact on my life and my career than anyone else. He was a rare thing in show-biz. Like the late, great Bob Monkhouse he was happy […]

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March 22, 2020  |  By Dom  |  In Dom's Thoughts

Seeing upsides…

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edinburgh
August 7, 2019  |  By Dom  |  In Dom's Thoughts

In my absence…

Summertime is the downtime for professionally funny people. Most people are away and those who aren’t don’t wish to be cooped up inside. It is wonderfully quirky then that the Edinburgh festival confounds such logic and grows bigger each year – as comedians seek their fame and fortune and are happy to risk financial oblivion […]

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brian-regan
January 30, 2019  |  By Dom  |  In Dom's Thoughts

The world’s best comedians…

I am reminded of a passage in my book, Eclipsed when back in the day, Eddie Izzard came to watch me at a comedy club in London with a view to taking me under his wing. Maybe the audience knew somehow because they granted me an encore (rare for a club) and after the gig, […]

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pc
October 2, 2015  |  By Dom  |  In Uncategorized

Is this politically correct?

Funny thing, taking the piss. Because it’s absolutely central to our culture – being able to laugh at ourselves and at others. But only to a point of course. Because only certain piss taking is permissible – and this is a very quick guide. Taking the piss out of one self (self-deprecation) – this is […]

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