Jarvis Cocker releases the bats

PERHAPS the best thing to say about Fred MacAulay’s new comedy stand-up show on Radio 4 late on Thursday night, Fred at the Stand, was that it was so lovely to hear a live audience once more. I’ve started to notice them on radio again in these learning-to-live-alongside-Covid times. The laughter and applause add a thrilling texture to the sound of a radio broadcast. A reminder that we don’t live by Zoom calls alone.

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