
Rik Mayall festival pays tribute to 'unique' talent
Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014.
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The New Statesman is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the most recent editor was Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008 and left in 2024.
Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014.