What a happy accident to discover that, when Nish sends out a mailing list blast noting that there are very much still tickets available for his tour show in St Albans, that is on a night that I am in the area as a result of the Spurs stadium tour. An easy diversion to spend a weekend at home and swing by St Albans on the way. In the event, the day finishes unexpectedly early so I get to go back to Harpenden, have a nap, and then head out again. This is the same tour Alasdair and I went to see last September, but it’s wonderful to watch it again, updated to account for the world somehow becoming more terrible in the interim, but all the central points still holding. Nish is such an excellent comedian - has been for at least 10 years at this point, of my seeing him - but he’s just going from strength to strength right now. His writing is so well considered, the material absolutely sold by the confidence and fluidity of delivery, the passion and fire evident in every word. So few people are doing this kind of angry, impassioned left-wing comedy (in the rich tradition of Marks Thomas and Steele), and we’re lucky to have him. Amy Annette does a great job in the support slot - it’s amazing how much you can get out of asking individual members of the audience what their favourite bread is. She’s eminently relatable to a whole swathe of the audience, and sets the energy levels perfectly. A quick hello in the dressing room before they need to head back to London, and god bless Mum for the 10 minute lift back to Harpenden.