Photo of Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner

Photo of Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner

  • Frank Skinner
    Like an irascible Yoda, Roy Hodgson is back where he belongs: in the dugout

    Bristol City must have had one of those moments when you feel a bit lost and start calling your exes – 44 years after the breakup

    Sun, 5 Apr 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    With a wiggle of the hips, Strictly could be our greatest weapon against Reform

    It’s a shame so many people are leaving one of Britain’s most beloved TV programmes. When I watch celebs dance with joy and aplomb, it reminds me how inclusive our country can be

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    I thought AI was a Geordie greeting until it took over my dad gig

    ChatGPT – Chatty, to friends – is not only immensely likeable, it speaks top nerd and is reassuringly rubbish at writing Frank Skinner comedy routines

    Sun, 8 Mar 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    There’s no joy an idiot with a smartphone can’t kill

    I got a 60-hour brain workout trying to recall the name of Marlon Brando’s character in Apocalpyse Now – Google would have ruined that

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    I feel for Harry Styles’s fans, tickets for West Brom’s ’68 cup final were out of my league too

    Pop lovers weep over Wembley prices, but just like the vibrators sold by the star’s lifestyle company, this story has two sides

    Sat, 7 Feb 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    I winced when Brooklyn pressed the Insta button

    I believed in Brand Beckham but my shaky faith has been shattered

    Sat, 24 Jan 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    Life is for grabbing by the Bazballs

    England may have lost the Ashes but we could all do with more of their on-the-front-foot, fearless self-belief

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026

  • Frank Skinner
    Did Spitting Image have to turn Paddington into a coke-addled wreck?

    The show is hilarious when it skewers those who deserve it. But a kindly toy? It just makes me sad

    Sun, 12 Oct 2025

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