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A new series of four public addresses from the stand-up comedian and Radio 4 regular.
Jeremy is joined on stage by Gordon Kennedy and Rebecca Front.
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Since winning the Perrier Award in 1988, Jeremy has continued touring as a stand-up and found time between gigs to write columns for national newspapers, host TV and radio series and appear in a film with Burt Reynolds.
His book abouts the ups and downs of parenthood, When Did You Last See Your Father?, was published in 1992, and earlier runs of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation are available in book and audiobook form.
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Hello there. I'm Jeremy Hardy. Can you hear me OK?
It's not that I'm not averse to new technology. Computers have their uses and save an enormous amount of time, which can then be devoted to poring through manuals, crying and trying to get through to the help-line for on site service.
I actually have two computers, a desk-top and a laptop. The laptop is a sure sign of age, starting to use one corresponds with that time in life when you no longer sit up at the table to have your tea, you just have it on your lap. "Oh don't bother with a plate for me dear; just tip it on my trousers and I'll eat it with my fingers".
And I know all teenagers want a computer of their own, but if they want to lock themselves in their rooms and damage their eyesight for hours on end, they don't need a computer to do it.
And they punish you, computers. You make one mistake and a message flashes up - "You have destroyed your back-up files." No I didn't, you did it, you ratbag. And the spell-checker. You misspell "philately" by one letter and the suggested alternative words are pineapple, trouserpress, sodomy.
We were better off when the computer was a big thing with spools which filled a whole warehouse and was operated by a treadle.
So, enjoy the show.
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RELATED LINKS
BBC News on Jeremy Hardy
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