Iain Stirling: Happy to Be the Clown? (4 stars)

Iain Stirling: Happy to Be the Clown?

The former Edinburgh University law student got his start busting guts between case law study.

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Iain Stirling

21 Aug 20124 stars

Fresh-faced honesty and natural charisma

Relying primarily on his deep charm, wicked sense of humour and red-hot wit, Iain Stirling possesses all of the born-with-it-or-you’re-not qualities associated with the world’s leading comics. Material in Happy to be the Clown? moves from discussing his…

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