William Cook

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William Cook goes to Skegness and watches Cannon & Ball attract an adoring audience

issue 07 August 2010

William Cook goes to Skegness and watches Cannon & Ball attract an adoring audience

It’s August and Edinburgh is full of fashionable young comedians, but here in Skegness the Festival Fringe seems a million miles away. With its amusement arcades and fish and chip shops, this unpretentious place feels forgotten by the metropolitan arts establishment.

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