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Shappi Khorsandi

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Shappi Khorsandi is a stand-up comedian, writer and Independent columnist. She is also the president of the British Humanist Association.

Turns out a lot of things still annoy me in lockdown

She once said, ‘I always felt sad that you and I lost touch.’ Older and bolder, I said, ‘We didn’t lose touch: I couldn’t stay friends with you because you tried to make me pay for your scraps’

‘The Big Night In’ made online comedy look effortless. It’s not

Even before the pandemic some stand-ups had become pros at internet entertainment – now the rest of us are stumbling around in the dark trying to learn an entirely new skill

Voices

Shappi Khorsandi Frankly, I’m unsurprised it’s taken Schofield this long to come out

Many gay people who grew up in the Seventies and Eighties hid their sexuality – perhaps even from themselves, writes Shappi Khorsandi

I got my sex education from EastEnders and playground gossip

I knew precious little about the birds and the bees when I was young. Thankfully, my son’s experience will be different