Simon Evans
Simon Evans is a comedian. His recent BBC Radio 4 series Simon Evans Goes to Market is available on BBC Sounds @TheSimonEvans
Lies, damn lies
Statistics are an essentially alien language that humans did not evolve to recognise or understand
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change