RichardHerring.com - Warming Up

Saturday 8th August 2026

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:08:00 +0100

8647/21566We had hoped we'd get a couple more months with her and I really didn't want this to happen when I was away (though I said my goodbyes before I left), but Wolfie left us yesterday.It's very hard to be away at a time like this. I'd have liked to be with Wolfie when it happened and be with the family after it happened. I did Facetime her before my show and though she was a bit out of it her ears did prick up when I called her a good girl.

Friday 7th August 2026

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:08:00 +0100

8646/21565I never thought I'd be offended by anything on Netflix, but they really managed to get to me today via the email I got first thing."We've added something you might enjoy.... Alley Cats"Really Netflix? Do you think so poorly of me?I've taken great care to only watch the best comedy on your service, hoping you'd see me as someone with great taste who likes 30 Rock, Community, Bojack Horseman, early Rick and Morty.... why would you do this to me?It's like an elderly aunt you've never met saying, "You like comedy, don't you?

Thursday 6th August 2026

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:48:00 +0100

8645/21564Wandering or lightly jogging around the city over the last few days I started wondering whether, if my life depended on it, I could locate every property that I have stayed in during my 28 Fringes (30 if you include the ones I didn't perform at).I have quickly ascertained that I could not. My life would be over.

Wednesday 5th August 2026

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:21:00 +0100

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I can't get the photos to upload here, so if you want to see them then head to my Substack (why not subscribe while you are there)
My dad, Thomas Keith Herring (who for some insane reason decided to go by Keith) is 90 years old today.

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:24:00 +0100

8643/21562I've made this trip a few times before. This is the 28th time I have come to perform at the Fringe (and I've been up on a couple of non-performing years too)Here are all the 45 shows that I've been involved with over the last 39 years (all those numbers seem impossible and I can't make sense of them). Interesting to note that Collings and Herrin were doing podcasts in front of an audience as early as 2008 - not quite the first to do it, but certainly well ahead of the curve. Now you can't move for live podcasts!

Monday 3rd August 2026

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:12:00 +0100

8642/21561Very sad to have lost the great Jimmy Cricket. I met him a couple of times and know his daughter and son-in-law very well and he was the loveliest of men.I saw him perform in Bristol in 2019 and was impressed not only by his act but with his continued love of the job. He had played huge venues in his career, but it didn't matter to him that this was a modest room with some empty seats. He just performed the shit out of show. I think that's the mark of a true comedian.

Sunday 2nd August 2026

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:06:00 +0100

8641/21560It's been a social weekend at the Herring house as we've had friends round both days and I ate so much bread and chocolate that I can now report I've now fully put back on the 5kg I lost through not eating after treatment. But what a fortnight of being relatively thin I had!
Today there were what felt like about one hundred eight-year olds and younger around (though it was maybe seven in total) with eleven-year-old Phoebe somewhat isolated and sitting on the kitchen island with the grown-ups.T