04 September 2014, The Tablet

At the mike


 
Catholic humour topped this year’s Edinburgh Fringe bill, with Bridget Christie (above), 2013 holder of the festival’s Oscar equivalent – the Foster’s prize – handing it on to this year’s winner, fellow Catholic John Kearns. Christie learned how to craft a routine from her priest uncle, who told her how he always tried to lace his homilies with laughter; while Kearns – who went to the London Oratory School at the same time as the children of former Prim
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