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Maggie Irving
Feb 121 min read
Seeing Red (and pink...)
Few people I know like Valentine’s Day – a time when lots of people apparently declare more love and admiration for their partner than...
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Maggie Irving
Feb 12 min read
And she's off!
I’ve been lighting a candle throughout January in memory of a very special young woman, who died too soon. She energised a room with her...
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Maggie Irving
Jan 252 min read
Loooooong January and Life-Long Learning.
Siempre una estudiante... January has soooooo many days – the same as several other months, but it just seems to last longer. Kind of...
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Maggie Irving
Jan 122 min read
Happy New Cheer...
Happy New Cheer! Wow has this been a fortnight: Ran a gig during Twixmas. Sold out! Then went off to play whist with my mother and others...
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Maggie Irving
Dec 21, 20232 min read
Goodbye and Hello
FESTIVE GREETINGS AND GOODBYE… FOR NOW. It’s been a great year in terms of staying alive… and thriving. Always the aim, though sometimes...
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Maggie Irving
Dec 14, 20232 min read
What's Yore Christmas?
Yore Xmas? For several years, I found myself on my own, from mid-afternoon on Christmas Day until the following day. My children had gone...
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Maggie Irving
Dec 7, 20232 min read
Hurrah and Thank You!
Hurrah and Thank You! Hurrah indeed! Time for Christmas Cracker Jokes. Here goes: Why did no one bid for Rudolph and Blitzen on Ebay?...
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Maggie Irving
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Comedians, Clowns, Climate, Kick Off!
Comedians, Clowns, Climate, Kick Off! Melting ice caps, rising sea levels - I'm ready (not!) Are you?... Comedian Jo Brand has partnered...
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Maggie Irving
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Face, abs & peptides!
You don't have to be fit to laugh, but laughing, however, can help with health and fitness. But how? Laughing out loud is a bit of a...
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Maggie Irving
Nov 2, 20232 min read
It's a HOWLER!
It’s a HOWLER! Hurrah! Loads more funny women are coming to my comedy classes. Hurrah! I am so pleased. There is a women's comedy get...
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Maggie Irving
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Monster Mash!
All Hallows’ night ... Halloween is nearly upon us – in Celtic terms, the end of summer and the start of winter. Like the leaves on the...
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Maggie Irving
Oct 19, 20232 min read
WANTED! More Funny Women...
A comedy course that has a 50/50 gender balance. What a dream…a goal… and it has happened! My current stand up comedy course in Exeter,...
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Maggie Irving
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Forget it Not!
I am concerned about mixing up my sons’ names. In revenge, they’ve started calling me “Dad.” Nice. It’s normal to mix up your kid’s...
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Maggie Irving
Sep 28, 20231 min read
Dishing Up Treats this Winter
Halloween is on the horizon, and Christmas is coming - or so it seems. In the shops we have skeletons, ghouls, grumpy Grinches and a few...
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Maggie Irving
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Fear to Fearless
Congratulations to all the comedians - Jae Gats, Ruth Douglas, Dan Wiseman, Ems Coombs, Will Denford, Kristian Hawkes and Adam Lloyd who...
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Maggie Irving
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Pay-Per-Laugh
Support Local Comedy - It's Worth It! I’ve just returned from Edinburgh Festival 2023. This year’s Dave Funniest Joke of the Fringe award...
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Maggie Irving
Aug 17, 20232 min read
I Wanna Hold Your Hand...
This hand belongs to a local, up-n-coming stand up comedian, but whose is it? Come to City Gate Hotel, Exeter Comedy Mash-Up on 7...
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Maggie Irving
Aug 3, 20232 min read
It's got legs!
Shout out ... ...to all wannabe and Up N Comin comedians. Booking open for next course in August – September. Courses last for six weeks...
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Maggie Irving
Jul 27, 20232 min read
Nail Biting Stuff...
I’m cross. Twitter is now cross! Bring back the little birdie. No more tweeting, just a bunch of cross people using the sign of the black...
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Maggie Irving
Jul 20, 20232 min read
What was I thinking?
If body parts could talk... Sometimes life is a pain in the posterior – well it is for me right now. I attended a ridiculously hard,...
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