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What sort is it?
Vroom, vroom! I’m buying a new car... Well actually, it’s my mum’s last car – she has finally surrendered her driving licence, at 93....
Maggie Irving
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Lost items... including me...
Missing... It’s amazing what I find when I vacuum the house, which I did this morning. Henry the Hoover disturbed slippers sleeping...
Maggie Irving
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Beach, boobs and baying...
IMAGE: Me as Baroness Elsa performing at Axis Arts Centre, Crewe as part of my doctoral research, baying at the moon.) I boobed. I think....
Maggie Irving
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Would you like a serious dose of...
HUMOUR! Would you like a serious dose of it? Humour is neither healthy or unhealthy - it really depends on how we use it, especially in...
Maggie Irving
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Good grief!
I am Flipping It right now... do you flip, too? I am a tad brassed-off right now, actually - grouchy, grumpy – ghastly, and grappling...
Maggie Irving
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Don't be ridiculous...
(Oh yes we will...) Why, oh why, oh why would anyone wish to act the fool/be stupid - or ridiculous? Feedback from my classes indicates...
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Bonds, boundaries and butts...
I say, I say, I say... I was asked the other day about boundaries – what comedians should or shouldn’t say. It’s a very good question;...
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20232 min read


£SeriousSilliness
Attention to detail... It is very hard to write funny and innovative stuff if you’re in a serious mood. But it is all in the detail....
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Ooh la la
Nothing comperes to you... I am compering the Exmouth Chamber of Commerce Business Awards on Friday. They are Oscar-style this year. I...
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20232 min read


What would they say?
Hats off to comedians - a sharp bunch! Always a delight to start a new comedy class. It is online again - fantastic! I get to meet...
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20232 min read


P in the pool anyone?
Yesterday, I discovered a pump in a pool... It’s a hotel pool, pleasant, pleasurable and peaceful; a hotel I have visited several times....
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Beam me up Scotty!
One size does not fit all... ...and that is okay Beam me up Scotty! I have just had a wood burner fitted. So exciting! It's my Plan B...
Maggie Irving
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Fat FREE!
How did Burger King propose to his girlfriend? Answer: With an onion ring... At 28, and married, I was a healthy weight. But very unfit....
Maggie Irving
Jan 26, 20232 min read


The law of the jungle...
Clowns, power, gorillas and transparency... I was going to write a newsletter on clowning and our PM, but I am sure you all already know...
Maggie Irving
Jan 26, 20233 min read


How much?
Rising costs, tempers and cooler temperatures... I’m chillin’. Literally, at times. The gas heating thermostats have been reduced from...
Maggie Irving
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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