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@lampholder alas I can't do that gig now! Sorry  (46 minutes ago)

@the_macjules ha! Not in this case. But it doesn't hurt!  (1 hour ago)

One guest confirmed for RHLSTP on 10th June (another to be added) - the amazing Mary Beard!  (1 hour ago)

@ellardent yes sorry. Jumped in. Saw your tweets after. We're both right. Unless doctor knew it all had to happen and let it!  (1 hour ago)

@ellardent also surely doctor would know that by letting him into the tomb all his friends would die anyway and earlier.  (1 hour ago)

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

GIGS: These are my upcoming gigs.
Click GIGS above for more details.
TALKING COCK unless otherwise stated
MAY
22nd Tring
23rd Reading (SOLD OUT)
24th Milton Keynes
25th Hertford
26th Regent's Park

NEW DOWNLOADS/PRESS: 21/05/13 PRESS Interview with CMoorin.co.uk
DOWNLOADS Talking Cock brochure
17/05/13 JOURNALISM Metro 64
PRESS Interviews with the North Devon Journal and the Daily Chuckle
14/05/13 PRESS Time Out RHLSTP article and Podcast top 10

RICHARD HERRING'S LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE PODCAST: Another series of RHLSTP (rhlstp) will run from May 27th - July 1st. May 27th - Chris Addison.
June 3rd Stephen Fry
Other guests to be confirmed, but I am aiming for BIG names, so book now

EDINBURGH FRINGE 2013: Tickets are now on sale for both my Edinburgh Fringe shows. "We're All Going To Die!" is on at the Pleasance Beyond at 8pm Book here
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast is at Stand 1 daily at 14.10. Book here

TALKING COCK PODCAST: The new Talking Cock podcast (all extra material that doesn't appear in the show) is now up at The British Comedy Guide.
and iTunes

TALKING COCK TOUR: All the tour dates are now up on the Talking Cock page

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Journalism Archive

Metro 64 - 17th May 2013

Metro 63 - 10th May 2013

Metro 62 - 3rd May 2013

Metro 61 - Column from 26th April 2013

Metro 60 - 19th April 2013

Metro 59 - 12th April 2013

Metro 58 - 5th April 2013

Metro 57 - March 22nd 2013

Metro 56 - March 15th 2013

Metro 55 - March 8th 2013

Metro 54 - 1st March 2013

Metro 53 - 22nd February 2013

Metro 52 - 15th February 2013

Metro 51 - 8th February 2013

Metro 50 - 1st February 2013

Metro 49 - 25th January 2013

Metro 48 - 18th January 2013

Metro 47 - 11th January 2012

Metro 46 - 4th January 2013

Metro 45 - 21st December 2012

Metro 44 - 14th December 2012

Metro 43 - 7th December 2012

Metro 42 - 30th November 2012

Metro column 41 - 23rd November 2012

Metro column 40 - From 16th November 2012

Metro 39 - 9th November 2012

Metro 38 - November 2nd 2012

Metro 37 - 23rd October 2012

Metro 36 - 16th October 2012

Metro 35 - Column from 9th October 2012

Metro 34 - From 2nd October 2012

Metro 33 - 25th Septmber 2012

Metro column 32 - 18th September 2012

Metro 31 - 11th September 2012

Metro 30 - 4th September 2012

Metro 29 - 28th August 2012

Metro 28 - August 21st 2012

Metro 27 - 14th August 2012

Metro 26 - 7th August 2012

Metro column 25 - 31st July 2012

Metro column 24 - 24th July 2012

Metro 23 - 17th July 2012

Metro column 22 - 10th July 2012

Metro column 21 - Column from 3rd July 2012

Metro column 20 - June 26th 2012

Metro column 19 - 19th June 2012

Sedaratives from "The Believer" - I was asked to act as agony uncle for one issue of the San Franciscan literary magazine "The Believer"

Metro column 18 - From 12th June 2012

Metro column 17 - Metro column from 29th May 2012

Metro column 16 - from May 22nd 2012

Metro column 15 - from 15th May 2012

Metro column 14 - May 8th 2012

Metro column 13 - 1st May 2012 Metro piece

Metro column 12 - Metro column 24/4/12

Metro column 11 - Column from 17th April 2012

Metro column 10 - Metro column 10/3/12

Metro column no 9 - Column from 3rd April 2012

Metro column no 8 - Column from 27th March 2012

Metro column 7 - 20th March 2012 column

Metro column 6 - 13th March 2012

Metro column 5 - 6th March 2012

Metro column 4 - 28th February 2012

Metro column 3 - From 21/2/12

Metro column 2 - From 14th February 2012

Metro Column week 1 - Published 7/2/12

Gary Sparrow's Paucity of Ambition - Article written for book

Edinburgh is Funny piece - My first and worst edinburghs

Article for the Times December 2010 - My version of the Times piece that was published on 18/12/10

Gigglesbeat - A day in the life - I write about a boring day in my life November 2010

Independent diary piece - the newpaper version - Here's what they hacked it down to - http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/my-edinburgh-richard-herring-comedian-2051213.html

Independent diary piece - This is what I actually wrote before it was hacked to bits by the dumb- ass Independent

My rebuttal of Guardian piece 31/7/09 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jul/31/richard-herring-standup-comedian-brian-logan

Unedited Times piece - And here it is without the jokes about wanking excised

Times piece about Edinburgh - Another piece about what the Fringe is like from the Times 25/7/09

Unpublished Mail on Sunday Article - Another Headmaster's Son bit that didn't get used.

Email interview - Interview with Tommy J Jones

Q article about Bill Hicks - Here's what I actually wrote for Q magazine, without the rather cheesy last bit that they added without telling me

Reader's Digest Article - A Headmaster's Son inspired piece for the perennial favourite of dentist's waiting rooms

Glad to be a bit gay article - Piece I wrote for the Guardian in 1999

Observer Playwright's Diary - An account of writing "It's Not The End of the World" from the Observer in 1999

Three Weeks Quick Quiz - I answer some questions for Three Weeks

Letter to the Guardian - I take credit for a joke on 28 05 08

My Favourite Londoner for Time Out - I choose Spring Heeled Jack as my favourite Londoner in Time Out Feb 08

What I Know About Women - The Scotsman - Full unedited version of article hastily written for Scotch paper 14/08/06

Guardian - Shaggy Blog Story - I wrote part 5 of this story, written by a different comedian every day. Sure you can find the rest online if you can be arsed

Sunday Times -Kidult - Article from 29th July 2007

Sunday Times - Tempting Tattie - Here's a thing I wrote for the Sunday Times that they decided not to use

Observer Woman article 10/06/07 - An article about my tummy that I wrote for the Observer

Article in Broadcast April/May 2007 - An article I wrote for the industry magazine about writing YCCYF

Hec klerspray email interview - An interview with the website which beat me to the ask.com best arts and entertainment blog 2007

Email interview with The Stage website - A long email interview

Email interview with artist Harry Pye - Harry is an interesting guy - check out his stuff if you get a chance. This is an email interview about double acts that I did with him for something he's doing in Northampton

Interview with Venue magazine - This is an email interview I did with the Bristol based listings magazine plus a bonus thing about what book I am reading for the Times. Also includes some stuff I wrote for a magazine about my Middle School

Time Out article for London run of menage a un - This is an article about stand up that I wrote for the London listings magazine

New Statesman full version - Here it is again with the excised paragraph reintroduced

New Statesman magazine - my week Feb 07 - Me filling Julian Clary's slot in the New Statesman - a bit edited from my original

NEW STATESMAN BLOG 5 - Another old blog for NS website

New Statesman Blog 4 - Another rehashed blog for the NS website

NEW STATESMAN BLOG 3 - New Statesman website 2/1/07

NEW STATESMAN BLOG 2 - Blog for NS website 15/12/06

NEW STATESMAN BLOG 1 - The first published blog for the New Statesman

New Statesman Blog 0 - Unpublished blog for New Statesman website

Guardian Diary Piece - Hastily written diary bit for the Guardian 16/8/06

New Statesman Diary Piece - A hastily cobbled together diary for the posh-o magazine

Sunday Times Edinburgh recommends - The full draft of what I wrote for the Sunday Times

Broadcast July 2006 - Another article for Broadcast

Yo Blair - A piece I wrote very quickly for the Times, which they ended up not using anyway

Email questionnaire for twoboysandtheiregos.com - Here's my answers to some questions set by James at twoboysandtheiregos.com

Piece for Total Film Magazine - This is a thing me and Stew wrote which I think was the first appearance of the extra final scene idea later employed in TMWRNJ

Internet questionairre about Warming Up - Questions answered for http://toerson.blogspot.com/

INtensive interview about comedy for Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy - A journalist asked me to complete his questionairre. I am nSome in depth questions about comedy and my answers

Another Email interview - An email interview - questions set by Luke Eliott

Email Interview - Interview with D Shannon

Longer version of my Stewart Lee article - I originally wrote 800 words on Stewart, then had to cut it down to 600. This is the full version.

Lee and Herring's views upon each other in the Sunday Times - Article from the Sunday Times 7/8/2005 - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1719511_2,00.html

Broadcast article number 2 - My second article for Broadcast - about the Edinburgh TV Festival

Time Out piece about Edinburgh - The usual piece about what the Edinburgh Fringe is like for Time Out July 2005

Complaint letter and my response - A letter from complaint from someone who saw my gig in Battersea - plus my response

Questionnaire for www.mindthegag.com - Some questions answered for an internet fan site

Bit for the Times about Edinburgh - The usual piece in which a paper asks you what is so good about Edinburgh. This is what I wrote. Don't know what they will use.

Questionaire for Time Out - My full answers to a Time Out interview, only a part of which appears in the magazine for the week 23rd June 2005

Article for Broadcast Magazine - My thought on TV executives!

A Night on Earth - A true story written for a forthcoming publication about stories from nights around the world

Press Release Draft 1 - Press Release for Someone Likes Yoghurt. My guess is there may be some changes to this.

Guardian Article 28/4/05 - Final draft of article on hand washing

Guardian article 28/4/05 - Draft 1 of article about handwashing

Scotsman Questionnaire - A 450 word Q&A thing I've done for the Scotsman.

Full list of answers for Guardian Questionnaire - Here are all the answers I gave for the Guardian questionnaire

Unpublished article for the Evening Standard - An article I wrote about my 50 dates experience that was not salacious enough for the Standard

Observer Summer Books - Here's what I said when I was asked what I was reading this summer

London News Review - A so far never printed article written for the currently defunt magazine

Internet Questionnaire - This is a questionnaire I filled in quickly for some rubbish website or other

Comedian Vows To Kill Loch Ness Monster - Press Release - Comedian Richard Herring, star of BBC2’s Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy and creator of the internationally successful one-man show Talking Cock, has controversially claimed that he will slaughter the Loch Ness Monster by the end of April 2004.

The Twelve Tasks of Hercules Terrace - Press Release - Comedian Richard Herring is going through a mid-life crisis. Depressed and disorientated after having split up with his girlfriend, moved house and been stricken with writer's block, he resolves to take inspiration from the bust of Hercules that graces the front of his new home and perform twelve impossible or arduous labours in the hope of giving his 37 years on this planet some kind of meaning.

London News Review issue 4 - Another one, but this time not taken from Warming Up

London News Review issue 3 - Another re-written Warming Up

London News Review issue 2 - Another re-written Warming Up

London News Review issue 1 - Article re-written from Warming Up for LNR

Porn Memory for Arena Magazine - My first memory of seeing pornography

Diary Of a Penis - Cosmopolitan

Long questionnaire for a gig in Brighton - Here is a long questionnaire that I completed for muy forhtcoming Britghton gigs. try and work out at which point I started to get bored.

Where I eat for "The Metro" - The Metro asked me where I eat. I rattled this off in 15 minutes.

“A Mind of Its Own – A cultural history of the penis” by David M.Friedman - A review of "A Mind of it's own" for the Erotic Review from around November 2002. This is a great book and was extremely useful research for my show.

Comedians piece for the stage by Richard Herring - A piece I wrote for the Stage in around September 2002 with an additional bit about Jon Thoday that got cut

The Flute of Love by Richard Herring - A Talking Cock tie in for the obscure intellectual's porno mag

Metro piece - A diary piece for the Edinburgh Metro written in August 2002

The Edinburgh Fringe by Richard Herring - Another Edinburgh piece but this time for the Mirror. From July 2002. Notice how I have a certain amount of things to say and how I just put them in a different order.

The Edinburgh Festival by Richard Herring - An obscure article I wrote for Monarch Airlines (who?) about the Edinburgh Fringe for their inflight magazine in July 2002

EDINBURGH DIARY by Richard K Herring, the playwright - Another Edinburgh piece - this time from 1997. The girl from the Britta advert left me a note in my pigeon hole at the Pleasance, but when I went up to say hi to her, she seemed a bit scared. May have been the beard.

Interview With Steven Moffat for the Guardian Guide - An interview for the Guardian guide with Stephen Moffat from whenever it was that Chalk came out. Both he and I were wrong about Chalk, the first episode turned out to be representative, though he has found commercial success with Friends.... I mean Couplings.

Review of Jean Anouilh’s “Traveller Without Luggage” - by Richard Herring - I think this was for the Sunday Times. Some critics were putting on plays at the BAC so they sent actors and comics to review them. Stupid idea (both of them)

Men’s Health - Things she must never know. - For a bit I wrote for Men's health (which is ironic). This is a piece I wrote about what women must never know. There are some funny bits. Got a bit mangled in the actual mag. This is what I sent them.

Men’s Health - Will Power - Another piece for Men's Health from around about 97 I'm guessing

Men's Health - I’m not a real man because… - My final article for Men's Health before I got fed up with the crap way they sub edited my stuff so that the jokes didn't make sense!

Most Desirable Women - A top three list of my sexiest women in about 1996!

Esquire magazine - Bless and Blast - A piece for Esquire magazine from some years ago

What it will be like in the future by Lee and Herring - No idea where this if from or when we did it. This was my half of a joint article, I think