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GoodWeekend Magazine: Looking to treat dementia or depression? Try a stand-up comedy class
GoodWeekend Magazine: Looking to treat dementia or depression? Try a stand-up comedy class
Simon Says, Let’s Talk launches online, with Andy Burnham MP as the first guest
Simon Says, Let’s Talk launches online, with Andy Burnham MP as the first guest
Independent Nurse Magazine: Laughter is the best medicine
Independent Nurse Magazine: Laughter is the best medicine
King’s College London: Laughing could help people with chronic lung conditions manage their symptoms
King’s College London: Laughing could help people with chronic lung conditions manage their symptoms
Dr Simon Opher MP: Should MPs tell more jokes?
Dr Simon Opher MP: Should MPs tell more jokes?
Brave former soldiers laugh off the traumas of war with stand-up comedy performance
Brave former soldiers laugh off the traumas of war with stand-up comedy performance
Craic Health at SXSW: Culture War or Creative Cure? Comedy, Men's Health, and the Manosphere
Craic Health at SXSW: Culture War or Creative Cure? Comedy, Men's Health, and the Manosphere
Comedy as therapy, by Dr Phil Hammond comedian and retired GP
Comedy as therapy, by Dr Phil Hammond comedian and retired GP
World First Podcast-on-Prescription at Parliament: 'Simon Says, Let's Talk' with Dr Simon Opher MP, Tom Findlay, Tom Walker, and Dr Zubir Ahmed MP
World First Podcast-on-Prescription at Parliament: 'Simon Says, Let's Talk' with Dr Simon Opher MP, Tom Findlay, Tom Walker, and Dr Zubir Ahmed MP
Sunday Times: Comedy-on-Prescription: the patients using stand-up to combat depression
Sunday Times: Comedy-on-Prescription: the patients using stand-up to combat depression
Financial Times: Comedy-on-Prescription—the NHS trial turning patients into stand-ups
Financial Times: Comedy-on-Prescription—the NHS trial turning patients into stand-ups
The ministerial roundtable on comedy is happening!
The ministerial roundtable on comedy is happening!
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Including ‘comedy’ in National strategy.
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Including ‘comedy’ in National strategy.
Comedy-on-Prescription: Major Trials Launching to Accelerate Integration into NHS Social Prescribing Pathways by 2026
Comedy-on-Prescription: Major Trials Launching to Accelerate Integration into NHS Social Prescribing Pathways by 2026
Podcast-on-Prescription: Dr Simon Opher MP launches men’s mental fitness talks with NHS, Brimscombe Mill and Craic Health
Podcast-on-Prescription: Dr Simon Opher MP launches men’s mental fitness talks with NHS, Brimscombe Mill and Craic Health
London Comedy Industry Business & Growth Meeting at UK Parliament
London Comedy Industry Business & Growth Meeting at UK Parliament
IP, innovation and imagination: what AI means for the creative economy
IP, innovation and imagination: what AI means for the creative economy
Dr Simon Opher MP delivers powerful question on comedy to UK Prime Minster Keir Starmer
Dr Simon Opher MP delivers powerful question on comedy to UK Prime Minster Keir Starmer
Why did Samantha Niblett MP raise a Business Question in Parliament on behalf of the comedy industry?
Why did Samantha Niblett MP raise a Business Question in Parliament on behalf of the comedy industry?
AI and the creative industries: collaboration or conflict?
AI and the creative industries: collaboration or conflict?
Comedy-on-Prescription: The Future of Preventative Healthcare
Comedy-on-Prescription: The Future of Preventative Healthcare
Dr Simon Opher MP joins comedy panel & adds ‘Comedy-on-Prescription’ to Hansard
Dr Simon Opher MP joins comedy panel & adds ‘Comedy-on-Prescription’ to Hansard