{"id":68364,"date":"2015-07-30T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T09:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=68364"},"modified":"2017-03-23T14:37:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:37:32","slug":"standupforsatire-top-uk-comedians-come-together-in-support-of-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=68364","title":{"rendered":"#StandUpForSatire: Top UK comedians come together in support of Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jc2wXOLQFM4\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stand Up For Satire, hosted at the Union Chapel in Islington on 30 July, brought together some of the UK&#8217;s top comedians for a night of championing free expression and satire in support of Index on Censorship.<\/p>\n<p>Host Al Murray was joined by a stellar line-up of stand-up comics before a sell-out crowd of 900. Shappi Khorsandi, the host of Index&#8217;s 2015 Freedom of Expression Awards, kicked off the evening and joked: &#8220;The Iranian regime advocates free speech, but only before not after the expression.&#8221; She\u00a0was followed by Irish comic Grainne Maguire and then\u00a0comedian, rapper and actor Doc Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the interval, Heydon Prowse from BBC Three&#8217;s The Revolution Will Be Televised spoke of the importance of free expression within satire, and appealed to the audience to support Index&#8217;s work. Prowse will be joined by Revolution Will Be Televised-partner Jolyon Rubinstein and the cast of Zambezi News, Zimbabwe&#8217;s leading satirical news show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/27-august-the-revolution-will-be-televised-zambezi-news\/\">in a comedy event hosted by Index<\/a> on 27 August.<\/p>\n<p>The second half saw performances from comedian and actress Kerry Godliman, and comic and writer\u00a0Frankie Boyle, before Irish stand-up Andrew Maxwell closed the show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68386\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68386\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9090web.jpg\" alt=\"Queuing up for satire Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9090web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9090web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queuing up for satire (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At the Union Chapel for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> Stand Up for Satire gig. Should be good! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/X4wspA2JGG\">pic.twitter.com\/X4wspA2JGG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Farbey (@dfarb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dfarb\/status\/626811857945395200\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>The magnificent Union Chapel is filling up for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a>&#8216;s Stand Up For Satire event. Up to 900 here tonight. \u2014 David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAaronovitch\/status\/626818737539272706\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Al Murray kicking off <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/standupforsatire?src=hash\">#standupforsatire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnionChapelUK\">@UnionChapelUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/u63ZGoK6rf\">pic.twitter.com\/u63ZGoK6rf<\/a> \u2014 sean maguire (@Sean_A_Maguire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_A_Maguire\/status\/626823707042971648\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68387\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0067web.jpg\" alt=\"Al Murray the Pub Landlord Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0067web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0067web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Murray the Pub Landlord (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\">@almurray<\/a> swearing in church for the excellent cause that is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a>&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6VIfqsouDd\">pic.twitter.com\/6VIfqsouDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Holland (@holland_tom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holland_tom\/status\/626824681631444997\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68400\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68400\" class=\"wp-image-68400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21.jpg\" alt=\"Shappi Khorsandi (Photo:Greenbeanz for Index on Censorship)\" width=\"620\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shappi-21-204x200.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shappi Khorsandi (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbeanzphotography.com\/\">Greenbeanz<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68382\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9665web.jpg\" alt=\"Grainne Maguire Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9665web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9665web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grainne Maguire (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68380\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9752web.jpg\" alt=\"Doc Brown Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9752web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9752web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doc Brown (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68401\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/audience-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68401\" class=\"wp-image-68401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/audience-.jpg\" alt=\"audience\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/audience-.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/audience--300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/audience--301x200.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbeanzphotography.com\/\">Greenbeanz<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68379\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68379\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9908web.jpg\" alt=\"Heydon Prowse Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9908web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_9908web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heydon Prowse (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\">@almurray<\/a> owning it at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> gig to raise money for satirists in less permissive societies. Donate now <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BhJwp9JmL0\">pic.twitter.com\/BhJwp9JmL0<\/a> \u2014 Heydon Prowse (@HeydonProwse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeydonProwse\/status\/626859150744621059\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Union Chapel Selfies <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TmGNOMFtNR\">pic.twitter.com\/TmGNOMFtNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al Murray the 318 (@almurray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\/status\/626856319786610688\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68388\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68388\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0125web.jpg\" alt=\"Kerry Godliman Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0125web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0125web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerry Godliman (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68389\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0183web.jpg\" alt=\"Frankie Boyle Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0183web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0183web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frankie Boyle (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68390\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0294web.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Maxwell Elina Kansikas for Index on Censorship\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0294web.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EMK_0294web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Maxwell (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elina-photography.com\/\">Elina Kansikas<\/a> for Index on Censorship)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> stand up for satire gig with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\">@almurray<\/a> (he told me off for taking this pic) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/whfZ2ZRlxD\">pic.twitter.com\/whfZ2ZRlxD<\/a> \u2014 Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaelgot\/status\/627053428695527424\">July 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Am biased but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUpforSatire?src=hash\">#StandUpforSatire<\/a> was bloody funny. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\">@almurray<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShappiKhorsandi\">@ShappiKhorsandi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrainneMaguire\">@GrainneMaguire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/docbrown88\">@docbrown88<\/a> (2nd half thanks to follow)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jodie Ginsberg (@jodieginsberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodieginsberg\/status\/627051537303519233\">July 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>And very big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KerryAGodliman\">@KerryAGodliman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankieboyle\">@frankieboyle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewismaxwell\">@andrewismaxwell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUpforSatire?src=hash\">#StandUpforSatire<\/a> \u2014 Jodie Ginsberg (@jodieginsberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodieginsberg\/status\/627052118537580544\">July 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>Fabulous night tonight with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almurray\">@almurray<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankieboyle\">@frankieboyle<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrainneMaguire\">@GrainneMaguire<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndexCensorship\">@IndexCensorship<\/a> + many more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/standupforsatire?src=hash\">#standupforsatire<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6MkuxFpb36\">pic.twitter.com\/6MkuxFpb36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sue Black (@Dr_Black) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_Black\/status\/626896283400314880\">July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/standupforsatire-top-uk-comedians-come-together-in-support-of-index\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-67241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SUFS_StandUpForSatire_340.jpg\" alt=\"Stand Up For Satire in Support of Index on Censorship\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a>Index on Censorship has been publishing articles on satire by writers across the globe throughout its 43-year history. Ahead of our event,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/standupforsatire-top-uk-comedians-come-together-in-support-of-index\/\">Stand Up For Satire<\/a>, we published a series of archival posts from the magazine on satire and its connection with freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>14 July: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/magazine-power-satirical-comedy-zimbabwe\">The power of satirical comedy in Zimbabwe by Samm Farai Monro<\/a> | 17 July: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/magazine-how-to-win-friends-and-influence-an-election\">How to Win Friends and Influence an Election by Rowan Atkinson<\/a> | 21 July: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/comfort-zones-how-the-media-is-killing-comedy\/\">Comfort Zones by Scott Capurro<\/a> | 24 July: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/they-shoot-comedians\/\">They shoot comedians by Jamie Garzon<\/a> | 28 July: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/comedy-is-everywhere\/\">Comedy is everywhere by Milan Kundera<\/a> | Student reading lists: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/magazine-student-reading-lists-comedy-censorship\">Comedy and censorship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/27-august-the-revolution-will-be-televised-zambezi-news\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zambesi-800x300.jpg\" alt=\"zambesi-800x300\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zambesi-800x300.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zambesi-800x300-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zambesi-800x300-350x140.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/2015\/07\/standupforsatire-top-uk-comedians-come-together-in-support-of-index\/\">This artilce was posted on 31 July 2015 at indexoncensorship.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host Al Murray was joined by a stellar line-up of stand-up comics before a sell-out crowd of 900<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":68387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[4059,7,6903,21],"tags":[7126,7292,7291,7127,7290,7293,7294,5486,7125,7289],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68364"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86849,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68364\/revisions\/86849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}