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THREE BEAN SALAD: This newly launched podcast features Taskmaster s Mike Wozniak with fellow comedians Henry Paker and Benjamin Partridge meandering off the point of a different topic each week. The first episode starts with posters and goes on to incorporate a counterfeit Santana, Prince Charles s toilet seat and terrifying flightless birds. It s available from Anchor.fm or the usual podcast places.
Tonight
JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB WORKING FROM HOME: Another great bill from the Midlands-based clubs includes Ed Gamble, Marcel Lucont, Mark Simmons and Tom Binns as well as MC Darrell Martin. Tickets
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The children’s books that shaped 2020 Recommendations The children’s books that shaped 2020
It’s been a world-changing year, one that shaped the meaning of what made a successful children’s book. From empowering journals to diverse and inclusive stories, we’ve rounded up the ones that told the story of 2020.
Released only weeks before the UK went into its first lockdown, Struan Murray’s fantastical debut
Orphans of the Tide is set in a city similar to Murray’s hometown of Edinburgh – except that the majority of the city is now underwater. The people believe this catastrophic flooding was caused by a fearsome god know as The Enemy, and when a mysterious boy washes ashore – within the body of a dead whale – the citizens are convinced he must be a vessel for this destructive god. Reminiscent of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, it s an ideal book for fantasy fans seeking an alternate reality to disappear into.
despite the government, rather than because of the government.’ Photograph: Charlie Clift
Adam Kay: ‘I think the NHS did well
despite the government, rather than because of the government.’ Photograph: Charlie Clift
The comedian, whose diaries of his years as a junior doctor became a bestseller, talks about the ‘astonishing’ efforts of the NHS in 2020, and his new guide to the body for children
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Adam Kay is pleased with the title of his new book,
Kay’s Anatomy, but he acknowledges that it’s not a joke his target audience is likely to snigger at, for a while at least. A guide to the body for kids, it tackles everything from poo to mental health, reproduction to whether or not it’s safe to eat bogeys (sadly for parents everywhere, Kay informs his young readers that: “Yes they’re safe. Chew away!”). “It’s quite an unusual title because it’s a pun that not a single person who is of