(1) August 11, 2014 The British actor and stand-up star, Eddie Izzard, tweeted: “Robin Williams has died and I am very sad.
(2) The answer, apparently, is comedian Eddie Izzard , along with a whole fleet of red-carpet English entertainers , who are to be driven north to bring shine and glee to the rather dreary Project Fear .
(3) Otherwise it could not happen at all.” Izzard, was having none of it: “That’s not fact.
(4) And so, with recorded messages from David Beckham and Eddie Izzard, the 10-day countdown to the G8 summit in Fermanagh will begin.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The comedian Eddie Izzard (centre) in the audience at the Labour conference.
(6) Only 25% of voters in that poll knew which way Eddie Izzard, the Yes campaign's most high-profile celebrity backer, intended to vote.
(7) Besides Izzard, this gang needs a frontperson and who better than Katie Hopkins, who's outspoken and personable?
(8) Russell is coming from a positive heart point of view but I disagree on how he’s going about getting it done.” Izzard reckons more comedians are poised to make the leap to political leadership.
(9) Eddie Izzard's been in a few scrapes, too, according to this Mirror story , in which the comic reports he's been beaten up twice in the last year – once in New York, once in London – while wearing women's clothes.
(10) Like Eddie Izzard , also cited in one of the survey’s top 10 popularity lists, Evans – ruthlessly mainstream though his work can be – shows you don’t need a TV vehicle to break box-office records every time you take to the stage.
(11) The Olympics, said the actor and comedian Eddie Izzard, "redefined how Britain sees itself … People have understood what modern multicultural Britain is all about."
(12) While Brand’s iconoclastic politics, urging people not to vote and to abandon conventional party politics, emerge naturally from his subversive comedy, the spirit of Izzard’s surreal improvisations are harder to find in his pursuit of a conventional political career.
(13) Just a little bit of sneering going on I think.” Long-time Labour supporter Eddie Izzard said the party would offer a “fair chance for everyone”.
(14) Izzard has thrown his weight behind the opponents of the plans which have divided residents amid claims of “social cleansing”.
(15) And on Tuesday Eddie Izzard made clear he is serious.
(16) It is part of what might be called the Eddie Izzard outreach project – an attempt, he says, to "kick doors open".
(17) We reject outright the allegation that redevelopment of the scheme is motivated by creating large profits.” Izzard plans to run as London mayor or for parliament in 2020, putting “into hibernation” a comedy career that he loves.
(18) As well as working with Izzard, one of his heroes, Wood relished the chance to create the look of his character – dreadlocks, trinkets, tribal face paint, serious suntan.
(19) Eddie Izzard is in Edinburgh at 1pm on his Stand Up for Europe tour.
(20) Izzard, described on posters advertising his first German show as "the funniest Brit", knows the pressure is on.
Zed
Definition:
(n.) The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.
Example Sentences:
(1) • This is an edited extract from Feminism & Men by Nikki van der Gaag , published by Zed Books.
(2) Zed Nelson's film about survivors of the Lampedusa boat tragedy will air on Channel 4's Dispatches early next month.
(3) Image: Zed Books Photograph: Zed Books Even in the 27 member countries of the EU, in April 2013 women accounted for only 16.6% of board members of large publicly listed companies.
(4) Paul French is the author of North Korea: State of Paranoia, published by Zed Books.
(5) Updated at 12.43am GMT 9.57pm GMT There's a couple of other issues I need to bookmark but swimming with the news cycle for now, the Liberal senator Zed Seselja is on Sky News on a panel.
(6) Liberal senator Zed Seselja said it could be politically challenging to sell a corporate tax cut but the government’s modelling shows it would lead to greater productivity and jobs.
(7) Assata: An Autobiography, by Assata Shakur is available now from Zed Books, priced £8.99.
(8) I absolutely condemn racist language.” The government’s overhaul has prompted public concern from some of its own backbenchers, notably Ken Wyatt and Zed Seselja; and some deeply personal interventions from Labor MPs outlining their own visceral experiences with racism.
(9) Photograph: Zed Nelson for the Guardian If the bookshelves were not an example of excess, what would he consider an excessive claim?
(10) Photograph: Zed Nelson To reach the North African coast, Fanus had used a people-smuggling route fraught with danger.
(11) Photograph: Zed Nelson for the Guardian "Yes, exactly," Smith says, "lost in the crowd."
(12) To see what I then did with it, check out the fascinating world of The Soterion Mission and The Revenge of the Zeds , where you’re adult at 11 – and dead by 19!
(13) Government members, including Zed Seselja, have criticised the exemption as “too broad”, given the narrowing of offences set out in 18C.
(14) Photograph: Zed Nelson Two weeks later – after taking a train to Milan and a plane to Barcelona – Fanus finally arrived in Stockholm and was staying at Meron Estefanos's apartment.
(15) Photograph: Zed Nelson To achieve her aim, Fanus knew she must avoid being registered as an asylum seeker in Italy (under the EU's "Dublin" regulation , refugees must claim asylum in the first European country they enter).
(16) Photograph: Zed Nelson Within 30 minutes, a larger fishing boat had joined the rescue.
(17) Since Zollinger and Ellison described two cases of this disease in 1955 which would later recieve their names (ZED), more than 1,000 cases have been published in the world literature up to date.
(18) The task for my new series (so far The Soterion Mission and Revenge of the Zeds ) was simple: challenge the teenage stereotype and set the record straight.
(19) (5) Bobcat was big in 80s standup before signing up as squeaky-voiced maniac Zed in the Police Academy movies.
(20) Indefensible - Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms Trade, written by Paul Holden, is published by Zed Books (£12.99).