On the cover of NME’s November 13th, 1993 issue (available these days on eBay for £10.44 or best offer) appears the pin-up du jour: a long-haired, leather-clad Robert Newman, along with his then-collaborator, David Baddiel. The pair were comedy’s “new hipsters”, on the verge of becoming the first comedy act to play the 12,000-seat Wembley Arena and deemed “probably more popular than Your Favourite Band”. (Teased on that same cover: a review of a Nirvana gig.) More than three decades later, Newman appears on a video call, bespectacled, neatly coiffed, navy shirt and gilet in lieu of his 1990s leather...
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