Col Howarth chats with the true comedy craftsman about an amazing 30-year career in stand-up, from early-day motorway slogs with Eddie Izzard, through the political 80s, to being hand-picked to perform at Barry Cryer's birthday bash. Click here to read this big Stand Up For Comedy exclusive online, or here to read the .pdf!

The one and only John Hegley chats with Col Howarth of Stand Up For Comedy about poetry, music, glasses and potatoes, as well as the alternative comedy movement that sprang out of the 1980s. For the .pdf click here. For the online version click here.