The whole thing is its not different or original anymore, Kenneth Williams I would say was truly funny, John Inman was more a character due to “Are being served” but that worked too and was funny.
The trouble is nothing new has come to the table as it were and it feels old dated and boring when you see the likes of Graham Norton, Alar Carr etc play up on their sexuality it is all very dull.

Alan Carr falls into that category for me too.

Moggy

I have to agree Moggy, I pretty much see him as a one trick pony, Not funny just irritating.

I do not mind swearing in comedy routines in general as long as it is relevant to the joke or will add to the joke.
The trouble seems to be many comedians swear just for the sake of it and to be honest I find that really tedious and to be honest it is really lazy of the comedian to do that.

Billy Connolly does not bother me with his swearing but I feel he is just not as funny as he was.
I have seen many comedians live and some impressed, Some just bored me, Of the younger ones around now I was impressed with Lee Hurst who played with the audience and bounced jokes off them, His show felt very ad libed and fresh, Whereas when I saw Jimmy Carr I felt his show was lazy and he disappointed me greatly.

Edgy comedy does not just mean swearing, It means being brave enough to be different and be opinionated, But be entertaining too.

This story leaves me sick to my bones, I understand that con men will make money by any means, But he allegedly has literally made money by others deaths.
By selling an item claimed to detect explosives and therefore save lives the seller has in my opinion committed manslaughter if not murder.

I wonder if there is anyway it could be claimed as treason in each country they sold to, or even better a war crime if used by troops in war zones, Either way some sort of justice needs to be done.

Has nobody mentioned David Gilmour of Pink Floyd? A true ledgend, and somebody who deserves his place in the history books!!

Gavin

I did give him a mention, but I committed the sin of calling him Dave and not David.
I agree He is a great guitarist this can be heard on both the Pink Floyd albums and his solo stuff too, Personally I love the sound he created on his latest album “On an Island” almost dreamy.

For me it would be the following although to be fair there are many more I could add.
I have avoided Jimmy Hendrix and Eric Clapton despite liking them both

1960s Dave Davies- Gave the riff that started heavy metal
1970s Lindsey Buckingham or Dave Gilmour sorry if that’s cheating
1980s Mark Knopfler- Just love the sound he creates
1990s Slash
2000s David Keuning of the Killers maybe but jury still out on this one

Very sad news:(.

Because, after 5,000 years, some people still hate some other people.

Yes that’s a fact for sure, But this hatred is mostly built on misunderstanding, misinterpreting of religious writings either deliberate or by mistake, racism,religious hatred etc.
In 500 years we have really learnt nothing when it comes to tolerating each other, But we have developed loads of ways to kill each other kind of ironic really.

As to London being a breeding ground for terrorist well to an extent there is some truth in this, London is a fantastic multi-cultural city with a great population, But within that population there are a minority of extremists, and people that are dangerous, This is the same for any city as far as I am concerned.

There has been many cases where terrorists or potential terrorists have been found to have been claiming benefits from the state, The state they hate so much, To me if I hate a place then I would not want to be there, But their minds are not rational thinking in any way and this is the problem.

It seems to be pretty easy for somebody to be radicalised by prophets of hate, Its all brain washing, After all if some elder gentleman said to you go and blow yourself up if you were thinking rationally you woulds say well this man has not so why should I?, It is all rather sad really.

Having said all this London is a wonderful city and has never bowed to terrorism in the past whether it be internal or external, I can see no reason why that should ever change.