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NME meets Yard Act at their homecoming Leeds residency to talk having a laugh, keeping it real and their stark but lively new material

On 24 and 25 May, the biggest international festival for the business of podcasting returns to Islington, London...

Live comedy, when done well, can be one of lifes great pleasures.

Paul Caruana Galizia studies the dangers of being Iranian in the UK; a British version of the hit US show tries too hard, Jeremy Bowen probes BBC impartiality and more

This is Bleak Expectations.

Yard Act were joined by the likes of Nish Kumar, CMAT and Phill Jupitus at a show last night (May 9). Check out footage and the full setlist here.

Yard Act fans were treated to surprise performances from a range of music and comedy stars during the band's gig in Leeds.

After The Mash Report was cancelled by the BBC, comedian Nish Kumar is back with a new and uncompromising political podcast. He talks to Nick Curtis about receiving death threats, starting therapy and staying optimistic

They fit a lot in to a short space of time

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