Christopher Stuart Dangerfield is an English writer, story teller, and former stand-up comedian. His material often discusses prostitution and drug use based on his own life experiences. He has regularly attended the

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. As of 2018 he lives in Cambodia, having previously lived in Soho, London.

Early life

Dangerfield was born in

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames Estuary, is Thurrock in ...

, Kent, attending The Downs School. He studied contemporary art and music at

Dartington College of Arts Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...

before going on to post-graduate study at

Leeds University The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed ...

where he read Marxism, psychoanalysis and French post-structural thought, achieving a master's degree. After years describing himself as a Marxist he rejected the idea in 2016 in YouTube on his channel named 'Dangerfield'

Career

Stand-up comedy

His stand-up show ''Sex Tourist'' was performed as a one-off special at The Comedy Cafe,

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in August 2012. It sold out in 2 days, beating the 20-year record of the venue. that established Dangerfield as a radical and original comedy voice. During his 2014 show ''Sex With Children'', Dangerfield was sent a

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by the feminist organisation, Feminist Avengers, who also targeted

Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an Irish-British comedian, presenter, writer and actor. He is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of One-line joke, one-liners. He began his comedy career in 1997, and he has regula ...

and

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, with the instruction to "Go fuck himself". Dangerfield once toured with fellow comic Trevor Lock, performing for many types of people in their own front rooms. He has appeared with

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on the

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show ''Love for Sale'' discussing how he once spent £150,000 on Chinese prostitutes and

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's ''Prostitution: What's The Harm'' Where he defended the right of prostitutes and punters alike.

Cultural criticism and YouTube

After ten years of performing stand-up, Dangerfield quit and began a solo podcast 'Dangerfield's Sunday Prescription'. Dangerfield later started a

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channel, where he has

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almost daily, chatting with his subscribers about culture, art, politics, literature, drugs and current affairs. He also interviews guests occasionally, such as psychologist Jeffrey Schaler who discussed the weaponisation of mental health with Dangerfield.

Writing

Dangerfield's first novel, ''Tired, etc'', was published in 1998. Author

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introduced Dangerfield to writer

Nick Papadimitriou Nick Papadimitriou (born 1958 in Finchley, Middlesex), nicknamed the "London perambulator" after the short film about him produced by John Rogers in 2009,

who was, as of 2012, working as editor on a new novel. On Dangerfield's

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in 2021 and 2023 he released teasers for this novel.Mμ Kappa Delta Ganya

References

External links

Official website
*SUBSTACK
'Dangerfield's Exaggerations'
*YouTube Channel
'Dangerfield'
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