Ciaran Bartlett

There have been 22 by-elections in this current parliament. Yes, since 2019, 22 single-seat elections have occurred, which is the most for any parliament since that of 1987-1992, which had 24.

Politicians waste more time than comedians and writers put together. The big difference is that comedians and writers aren’t usually funded by public money.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is an incredible notion.

Some news items in the last week have stirred conversations over anonymity, the public interest, and the rights of victims and untried suspects.

The English and Scottish Premier League title run-ins are probably about as delicately poised as I was on the way back home from my tour last week, on the Stena Line from Liverpool during Storm Kathleen.

The minimum wage has just gone up. I once made quite a clown of myself talking about this topic on a podcast the last time it went up. I might be about to do so again, so strap in.

I haven’t been very well the past couple of weeks.

The life of a stand-up comedian and podcast host is full of ups and downs, but for me, it’s been more like a never-ending roller-coaster ever since vestibular neuritis decided to crash the party.

I remember that when my niece Aoife Kane was little, she was a proper ball of energy and a complete geg.

When you’re making a comedy sketch show you expect a certain level of chaos. But producing Chancers for BBC Northern Ireland took the concept of “winging it” to an entirely new level — mostly thanks to my own personal battle with illness during production.