Comedy
'If I wasn't a stand up, I’d be a teacher as that involves a level of performing'
![Olivia Levine. Picture: Mindy Tuck](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340679.jpg)
![Olivia Levine. Picture: Mindy Tuck](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18340679.jpg)
![Otter Lee@Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340612.jpg)
![Otter Lee@Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18340612.jpg)
![Nina Gilligan@Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340704.jpg)
![Nina Gilligan@Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18340704.jpg)
![Jaz Mattu](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18356115.jpg)
![Jaz Mattu](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18356115.jpg)
![Lucy Porter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18356274.jpg)
![Lucy Porter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18356274.jpg)
![Jo Prendergast](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18354798.jpg)
![Jo Prendergast](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18354798.jpg)
![Renée Sigouin in Assembly Hall](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18345539.jpg)
![Renée Sigouin in Assembly Hall](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18345539.jpg)
![Finlay Christie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18352734.jpg)
![Finlay Christie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18352734.jpg)
![Larry Dean photographed in The Herald's headquarters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18343649.jpg)
![Larry Dean photographed in The Herald's headquarters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18343649.jpg)
![Yoko Ono: See](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18346984.jpg)
![Yoko Ono: See](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18346984.jpg)
HERALD DIARY
![A reader's disappointment with the Olympics](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18350638.jpg)
![A reader's disappointment with the Olympics](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18350638.jpg)
![Isabella Charlton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18345097.jpg)
![Isabella Charlton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18345097.jpg)
![Dr Kaboom](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18343514.jpg)
![Dr Kaboom](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18343514.jpg)
![Comedian Marjolein Robertson poses for portrait at the Kimpton Hotel Charlotte Square in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339717.jpg)
![Comedian Marjolein Robertson poses for portrait at the Kimpton Hotel Charlotte Square in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18339717.jpg)
![Would negotiating be a waste of time? See](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Would negotiating be a waste of time? See](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
![When the tawse was a handy fund-raiser](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17226419.jpg)
![When the tawse was a handy fund-raiser](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17226419.jpg)
![Taggart favourites: see](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17162797.jpg)
![Taggart favourites: see](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17162797.jpg)
![Anesti Daniels](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18322576.jpg)
![Anesti Daniels](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18322576.jpg)
![Lulu has been having problems with her hearing](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324618.jpg)
![Lulu has been having problems with her hearing](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324618.jpg)
![Billy Connolly](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12929905.jpg)
![Billy Connolly](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12929905.jpg)
![Alison Larkin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18321666.jpg)
![Alison Larkin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18321666.jpg)
![The King during the State Opening of Parliament](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18319902.jpg)
![The King during the State Opening of Parliament](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18319902.jpg)
![Gearóid Farrelly. Picture: Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18316165.jpg)
![Gearóid Farrelly. Picture: Steve Ullathorne](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18316165.jpg)
![Hannah Platt. Picture: Nicola Grimshaw-Mitchell](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18316068.jpg)
![Hannah Platt. Picture: Nicola Grimshaw-Mitchell](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18316068.jpg)
![Ali Woods](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18316706.jpg)
![Ali Woods](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18316706.jpg)
![Denis Law after scoring in Scotland's 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18314686.jpg)
![Denis Law after scoring in Scotland's 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18314686.jpg)
![Alexis Gay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18309851.jpg)
![Alexis Gay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18309851.jpg)
![Muriel Gray, football analyst extraordinaire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18311286.jpg)
![Muriel Gray, football analyst extraordinaire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18311286.jpg)
![The Showstoppers.Picture: Ray Burmiston](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18301304.jpg)
![The Showstoppers.Picture: Ray Burmiston](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18301304.jpg)
![Aaron Nemo](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18302342.jpg)
![Aaron Nemo](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18302342.jpg)
![Readers recall their encounters with the tawse](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17226419.jpg)
![Readers recall their encounters with the tawse](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17226419.jpg)
![England's 1966 World Cuo-winning squad. Presume you've heard of them?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17359640.jpg)
![England's 1966 World Cuo-winning squad. Presume you've heard of them?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17359640.jpg)
![A pet question for the President](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18293682.jpg)
![A pet question for the President](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18293682.jpg)
![The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been unveiled](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18185603.jpg)
![The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been unveiled](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18185603.jpg)
![Dominoes can be dangerous](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15139954.jpg)
![Dominoes can be dangerous](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15139954.jpg)
![Researchers have discovered that the hippopotamus can become airborne](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18284395.jpg)
![Researchers have discovered that the hippopotamus can become airborne](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18284395.jpg)
![All the outdoor world’s your stage at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, thanks to its al fresco productions](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18271208.jpg)
![All the outdoor world’s your stage at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, thanks to its al fresco productions](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18271208.jpg)
BEST OF SCOTLAND
![Scotland fans in Stuttgart](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18223313.jpg)
![Scotland fans in Stuttgart](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18223313.jpg)
![The PS Waverley. See](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16799885.jpg)
![The PS Waverley. See](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16799885.jpg)
![Dave Neville, who spotted this curious instruction, says: “The sign is, quite literally, talking balls.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18216885.jpg)
![Dave Neville, who spotted this curious instruction, says: “The sign is, quite literally, talking balls.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18216885.jpg)
![Oliver Graham says these vicious red peppers look like the sort of ingredient for lunch that is not very healthy, because while you’re trying to eat them, they would eat you right back](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18212630.jpg)
![Oliver Graham says these vicious red peppers look like the sort of ingredient for lunch that is not very healthy, because while you’re trying to eat them, they would eat you right back](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18212630.jpg)
![Chris Robertson says he wouldn’t poo-poo a cuppa brewed in this unusual coffee-maker.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18207534.jpg)
![Chris Robertson says he wouldn’t poo-poo a cuppa brewed in this unusual coffee-maker.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18207534.jpg)
![“Just when you think the world couldn’t get any worse,” sighs reader Jason Munro, “the Triffids arrive for a scrap.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18203678.jpg)
![“Just when you think the world couldn’t get any worse,” sighs reader Jason Munro, “the Triffids arrive for a scrap.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18203678.jpg)
![A classic put-down from Billy Connolly: see](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13259712.jpg)
![A classic put-down from Billy Connolly: see](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13259712.jpg)
![Willie Ferguson from Irvine says this tasty treat is a perfect present for England football fans when their team inevitably crash out of Euro 24.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18192169.jpg)
![Willie Ferguson from Irvine says this tasty treat is a perfect present for England football fans when their team inevitably crash out of Euro 24.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18192169.jpg)
![The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been unveiled](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18185603.jpg)
![The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been unveiled](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18185603.jpg)
![David Donaldson is intrigued by this hairdresser’s in Cannes. “I don’t know who Miss Tiff is,” he admits, “but I sure wouldn’t dare criticise her hair-stylings.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18186995.jpg)
![David Donaldson is intrigued by this hairdresser’s in Cannes. “I don’t know who Miss Tiff is,” he admits, “but I sure wouldn’t dare criticise her hair-stylings.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18186995.jpg)
![“I can understand why this mop is furious,” says Dan Butler. “ All the work it has to do, and no thanks whatsoever. Just plunged in a dirty pail of water, and forced to do it all again.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18183138.jpg)
![“I can understand why this mop is furious,” says Dan Butler. “ All the work it has to do, and no thanks whatsoever. Just plunged in a dirty pail of water, and forced to do it all again.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18183138.jpg)
![Gordon Casely is bemused by this sign in Rotterdam. “Thon Hotels?” he says.” In north-east Scotland, the posher folk among us refer to ‘Yon hotels’.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18176890.jpg)
![Gordon Casely is bemused by this sign in Rotterdam. “Thon Hotels?” he says.” In north-east Scotland, the posher folk among us refer to ‘Yon hotels’.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18176890.jpg)
![What would Taylor Swift write about her pet gerbil?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18160372.jpg)
![What would Taylor Swift write about her pet gerbil?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18160372.jpg)
![Chris Robertson says the ones you really have to look out for are the sky trains, which might fall on your head at any moment](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18165260.jpg)
![Chris Robertson says the ones you really have to look out for are the sky trains, which might fall on your head at any moment](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18165260.jpg)
![Rob Matthews notes that the punishment for ignoring this warning will be swift, severe, and a sharp reminder not to do it again…](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18160293.jpg)
![Rob Matthews notes that the punishment for ignoring this warning will be swift, severe, and a sharp reminder not to do it again…](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18160293.jpg)
![“Those cunning kangaroos are getting up to all sorts in Oz,” notes impressed reader Chris Robertson.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18155013.jpg)
![“Those cunning kangaroos are getting up to all sorts in Oz,” notes impressed reader Chris Robertson.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18155013.jpg)
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