Humour Columns

Interesting times at Gnarled Tree Press. Cast your minds back to Loose Trousers Two. Me. My Aunt Brigid. Standoff. You may wish to reacquaint yourselves with the piece in question. Be my guest. PAUSE TO ALLOW CLOSE READING OF RELEVANT…

I was delighted to get a five-star rave for my first column from the Skibbereen Eagle Online: ‘We have our eye on Kaiser Wilhelm, the Emperor of Russia, and this boyo. All will go far.’ Others, however, were less enthusiastic. The…

Last night I sat down on the side of that new big Star Wars arcade game in Cineworld. It's the right height for sitting down and the vent was blowing warm air onto the back of my calves. Cinemas don't have couches in their lobbies for good…

‘For what is comedy but tragedy with loose trousers’ Curious. I’m writing this on best pink vellum with a quill inherited from my great-aunt Nance – of whom more anon – and already 27 people have clicked like. What a strange,…

John Moynes knows FACTs about Ireland. Little-known facts that you probably don’t know. Don’t feel bad. There’s no shame in knowing fewer FACTs than John Moynes who, as we have already established, knows lots of them. For instance, did you…

Hello there, ladies and gentlemen. Alan Maguire is still off fannying swanning about on his honeymoon, so I've been asked to step once more unto the breach and deliver a pulsating round-up of all things hilarious. So what's been going on …

John Moynes knows FACTs about Ireland. Little-known facts that you probably don’t know. Don’t feel bad. There’s no shame in knowing fewer FACTs than John Moynes who, as we have already established, knows lots of them. For instance, did you…

John Moynes knows FACTs about Ireland. Little-known facts that you probably don't know. Don't feel bad. There's no shame in knowing fewer FACTs than John Moynes who, as we have already established, knows lots of them. For instance, did you…

John Moynes knows FACTs about Ireland. Little-known facts that you probably don't know. Don't feel bad. There's no shame in knowing fewer FACTs than John Moynes who, as we have already established, knows lots of them. For instance, did you…

Good day and welcome to my last ever Tittererer's Digest. After today, I hand over Humour Editor responsibilities to Alan Maguire. And no, there won't be a Conan/Leno style backtrack. This is it. I've really enjoyed doing this column (but…