Every few months, like an unfunny running joke, we are forced to listen to an old white famous man claim that ‘cancel culture’ is ruining comedy.

Every few months, like an unfunny running joke, we are forced to listen to an old white famous man claim that ‘cancel culture’ is ruining comedy.

Pearce excels as Hans Van Meegeren, the Dutch artist, dealer and forger who famously managed to fake a Vermeer and sell it to Hermann Goering during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.

Patti Fawcett is one of the latest alumni of Class Clowns, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival program that spots talent in schools all over Australia.

Vacant businesses in Collingwood and Fitzroy now display the creations of leading designers.