The latest Phil Evans column from the South Wales Evening Post
The latest Phil Evans column from the South Wales Evening Post. Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. ----------------------- Until last week, I’d never heard of Jodie Ginsberg or “The Index On Censorship”, the organisation of which she‘s the Chief Executive. But in the wake of the barbaric attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, she made a comment that, as a comedian who has to walk the tightrope between being ‘edgy’ and not deliberately offending people, I found very profound. “The ability to express ourselves freely is fundamental to a free society. “This includes the freedom to publish, to satirise, to joke, to criticise, even when that might cause offence to others. “Those who wish to silence free speech must never be allowed to prevail”. On stage, I’m able to say practically anything I want. I have, as Ms Ginsberg eloquently states, ‘The freedom to joke‘ - and I’m truly grateful to have that privilege. The cart...
