Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2019 Smart and funny observations on a new-found, middle-class lifestyle with ski holidays, through the prism of poor, immigrant, living-in-a-caravan roots. As seen on The One Show (BBC), Fake Reaction (ITV), Celebrity Squares (ITV). Rip-roaringly funny. fun! Another hour would have suited everyone (One4Review.co.uk). Hilarious (ThreeWeeks). There isn’t a comic quite like him (TheNewCurrent.co.uk). Possesses the rare ability to be hilarious without being outrageous (ThreeWeeks). Patrick is a Fringe legend and it s easy to see why (Daily Mirror).
Zoomed out: the surreal nonsense of the online meeting cannot end soon enough
Over the past year, virtual gatherings have stifled creativity, limited conversation and made us less human
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It was all those faces, the faces staring back. Not scary faces. Not ugly ones. But so many of them on my laptop screen, all at once. Through lockdown I had successfully avoided getting dragged into too many Zoom sessions, only dipping into this online world when I had to or wanted to. This is one of the few privileges of the stay-at-home self-employed worker.
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March 16th, 2021 By David Knox 1 commentFiled under: News, Video,
Soul singer Doug Parkinson, who has a long history of rock, stage & TV appearances, has died, aged 74.
“Just received the saddest news that Doug Parkinson, the legendary Australian recording artist with a powerful and soulful voice. He passed away suddenly at home,” publicist Lionel Midford said.
Amongst his hits were Dear Prudence, Without You / Hair, I’ll Be Around, The Sun Ain’t Gonna Sun (Anymore), Everlasting Love and fronted The Questions, Focus, Fanny Adams The Southern Star Band & The Doug Parkinson Band.
He clocked up decades of touring Australia as soloist, front man and support act to The Who, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Pointer Sisters, Thelma Huston, Bob Marley and The Wailers, and Randy Crawford. There were stage shows including