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Kettering - the magazine of elderly British comedy

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About Me

At kettering magazine we aim to bring you stuff from the obscured and misunderstood end of British comedy from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. To get your hands on the latest issue clicking here .
"It's heartening to find some older scribes are still labouring away with glue and staples in pursuit of the perfect fanzine." The Guardian
Ho ho ho, it's the first ever Kettering Christmas Special, featuring
THE TWO RONNIES - The Christmas Specials
CHARLIE DRAKE - Sings a song by Peter Gabriel
DAD'S ARMY AND ARTHUR LOWE - The greatest sitcom performance of all time?
STEPHEN POTTER - A look back at the gentle art of lifemanship
GERARD HOFFNUNG - The BBC interviews
THE OXBRIDGE KIDS - Read our great new comic strip!
All this and The Kettering Christmas Special 2007 is avaiable for a special seasonal price! Order before Thursday 20th December 2007 and get it for only £2 plus post and packing (50p UK, £1.00 overseas).
For details contact [email protected] or order .. .

My Interests

Anything to do with old British comedy, really. So far we've covered Spike Milligan (Q and The Great McGonagall), Marty Feldman, Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Tony Hancock, Irene Handl, The Lovers, the novels of Les Dawson, Frankie Howerd, Alf Garnett, Will Hay, Norman Gunston, Round The Horne. George Formby, Ever Decreasing Circles, Kenneth Williams, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Myles Rudge, Play For Today, Peter Butterworth, An Alligator Named Daisy and much more

My Blog

Victor Spinetti

To celebrate the new issue of Kettering, here's a review of Victor Spinetti's autobiography by the lovely Graham Tomlinson. Enjoy... Up Front. . .  - Victor Spinetti (Robson Books, 2006) Review ...
Posted by Kettering - the magazine of elderly British comedy on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:19:00 PST

Ronnie Barker  Futtocks End DVD (Digital Classic 26-6-06)

Time for me to make good on my hasty pledge with a look at this new release from Digital Classics, due out on 26 June 2006. You might also like to read the Kettering tribute to Ronnie Barker in issue ...
Posted by Kettering - the magazine of elderly British comedy on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:03:00 PST

This is tedium even you can afford

I've been wondering for some time what exactly I should do with this mySpace nonsense. Set up an account, they said, it'll be great. But how to express the genius and joy of Kettering mag through the ...
Posted by Kettering - the magazine of elderly British comedy on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:17:00 PST