*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A hilarious breath of fresh air' AMY SCHUMER'A razor-sharp dissection of cultural differences. And yes, it's side-splittingly funny' ADAM KAY'I've laughed out loud at least once on every page' VICTORIA COREN MITCHELLPhil Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent, raised in Malaysia, and then came of age in Bath - 'a spa town for people who find Cheltenham too ethnic...

Joe Lycett and Ivo Graham explore the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions“Had a great laugh and learnt more than I expected on weird things!” – Audible ReviewFrom riding roller coasters, to collecting stamps, everyone has their own little obsession. Across three series listen as two of the UK’s favourite comedians, Joe Lycett and Ivo Graham, welcome celebrities and members of the public to share their secret obsessions in this BBC Radio 4 comed...

One of the UK's brightest and best comedians takes an incisive look at race and belonging."But where are you really from?"Phil Wang has been asked this question so many times he's lost count. So, finally, he decided to write a book about it. About how to be from two places at once.Phil was born in the UK, in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father. Three weeks after his birth, the Wang family retu...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Barnes and Noble's Best History Books of 2022 * Finalist for the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award * A Goodreads Readers Choice Nominee"Hip, entertaining...imaginative."—Kirkus, starred review * "Essential." —Min Jin Lee * "A Herculean effort."—Lisa Ling * "A must-read."—Ijeoma Oluo * "Get two copies."—Shea Serrano * "A book we've needed for ages." —Celeste Ng * "Accessible, informative, and ...

The complete Series 100 of the satirical radio panel show, presented by eight special guest hostsIt’s the one hundredth series of The News Quiz – let the centennial celebrations commence! To mark the occasion, each of these eight episodes is presented by a different guest host from the world of comedy, who keeps the chair warm in their own inimitable style (and with their cushion of choice).Zoe Lyons, Angela Barnes, Patrick Kielty, Andrew Maxwell, ...

Comedian Phil Wang takes us through a funny and incisive look at race and belonging.Inspired by his forthcoming book Sidesplitter, Phil and a panel of guests explore the subjects of food, music, politics, nature and empire, and what they mean in today's multicultural society.Guests include comedian and Budpod co-host Pierre Novellie, singer-songwriter Emmy the Great, bestselling author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera, celebrity pastry chef Cherish ...

The complete series 1 and 2 of the BBC radio comedy show, written and performed by sketch trio Daphne‘Consistently funny and surprising’ The TelegraphJoin critically-acclaimed sketch trio, Daphne, as they pull out all the stops in a dazzling array of peculiar characters, wacky scenarios, curious observations, minor altercations and major peacemaking – served on a bed of catchy little numbers with a live nine-piece band.

""Hip, entertaining...imaginative.""—Kirkus, starred review *""Essential."" —Min Jin Lee * ""A Herculean effort.""—Lisa Ling * ""A must-read.""—Ijeoma Oluo * ""Get two copies.""—Shea Serrano * ""A book we've needed for ages."" —Celeste Ng * ""Accessible, informative, and fun."" —Cathy Park Hong * ""This book has serious substance...Also, I'm in it.""—Ronny ChiengRISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices,...

A scholar and activist’s brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions.In this hard-hitting and deeply personal book, a combination of manifesto and memoir, scholar, sociologist, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie transforms the ways we understand race, class, citizenship, and the concept of assimilation and its impact on Asian Amer...

'A wonderful blend of nostalgia, hilarity and personal anecdotes that only Josh Widdicombe could deliver' James Acaster'If you read only one book by Josh Widdicombe this year, make it this one' Jack Dee'Beautifully written, cleverly crafted and charmingly funny' Adam Hills'This is a book about growing up in the '90s told through the thing that mattered most to me, the television programmes I watched. For my gene...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the star of Netflix's The Duchess, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Your Face or Mine and host of All That Glitters'A fearless origin story' Caitlin Moran'Outrageously brilliant! I'm buying this for all my friends' Laura Whitmore*****'I've come to accept that being audacious is a gift I can't escape.'People 'know' my on-stage comedy persona or my scripted b...

This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f*cking Zuckerberg). He knew that in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media used to give him with three-dimensional, real-...