Summary: The writer and comedian Charlie Higson, half of the team behind The Fast Show, on the curious history of comedy written and performed by pairs; the novelist Margaret Drabble considers the dizzying new releases from the estate of Anthony Burgess, the man Philip Larkin once called “the Batman of contemporary letters” Texts Stan & Ollie, directed by Jon S. Baird Morecambe & Wise: 50 years of sunshine, by Gary Morecambe The Double Act: A history of British comedy duos, by Andrew Roberts Soupy Twists!: The full, official story of the sophisticated silliness of Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, by Jem Roberts Beard’s Roman Women by Anthony Burgess, edited by Graham Foster Puma by Anthony Burgess, edited by Paul Wake The Black Prince by Adam Roberts Obscenity and the Arts, a talk by Anthony Burgess, edited by Johnny Walsh <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
