During an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2010, he revealed that he has a fear of flying, and travels to shows in England by train. When making the TV show Frankie Goes to Russia before the 2018 World Cup, he travelled there by train.

Meantime: The gripping debut crime novel from Frankie Boyle

iTunes – Podcasts – Meet the Comedians: Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle by Events at the Apple Store". Itunes.apple.com. 28 November 2011 . Retrieved 16 December 2011. Tara Conlan (19 October 2009). "Frankie Boyle's 'sexist' joke about Queen cleared by BBC Trust". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 14 December 2009. The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things... after the weather." - Billy Connolly On animals Meantime is a 2022 crime fiction novel by the Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle. The story follows drug addict Felix McAveety's unfocused investigation into his friend Marina's death. It is set in Glasgow, Scotland, shortly after the 2014 independence referendum. Felix is aided by the crime fiction writer Jane, the left-wing activist Amy and his depressed neighbour Donnie. They meet Chong, who seems to believe reality is simulated, and find signs that British Intelligence are involved in Marina's death. The comedian Frankie Boyle is the latest in a rash of television personalities trying their hand at crime fiction; but, as you might expect from somebody who titled one of his tours I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the Face, Boyle is not joining his fellow celebs at the cosy end of the crime spectrum. There are no sleuthing pensioners or vicars here: our amateur detective/narrator is Felix McAveety, a Glaswegian junkie.Sophie tells Felix that Donnie is an undercover cop. Donnie confesses to being an anarchist infiltrating the police, then a police officer infiltrating environmental activists. Donnie is killed and Amy and Felix are kidnapped by Agent Brond. a b "My Shit Life So Far". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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Frankie Boyle: I've done cannabis, ecstasy and LSD". Nowmagazine.co.uk. 11 November 2008 . Retrieved 26 July 2009. Boyle, Frankie (16 November 2008). "Confessions of an urban planner" (Interview). Interviewed by Roz Laws. Sunday Mercury . Retrieved 12 September 2012. The book was nominated for Bloody Scotland's Debut of the Year award for crime writing, but lost to Welcome to Cooper (2021) by Tariq Ashkanani. [18] The Guardian 's Wilson found that Meantime, a "funny and moving" novel, was the "most impressive" celebrity crime fiction of the year. [8] The Times named it August's Book of the Month in the thriller genre, with Dugdale praising the "scintillating sentences and perfect lines of dialogue". [10] How do you solve a murder when you don’t have a clue? Frankie Boyle’s gripping crime debut novel, Meantime, is a hallucinogenic ride through Glasgow as one man seeks justice for his friend’s murder. A two part travel documentary on BBC TV filmed in Russia in the lead up to the World Cup being held there. Featuring interviews with Russian football fans and others. [23] Frankie Boyle's Tour of Scotland (2020) [ edit ]Mayer Nissim (11 August 2010). "Frankie Boyle dismisses comedy controversy". Digital Spy . Retrieved 1 February 2014. Gary Mount – an SNP politician who has been surveilled by the British government since receiving a large amount of classified information as a journalist. Meantime captures the banal and lively existence of being Glaswegian like a seesaw that drops you into oblivion. There are many downs, but it’s occasionally peppered with some good. It holds a different kind of magic, one where the disappointment from the referendum eats at the shoes of people walking to work, hailing taxis, and people on serious comedowns in dingy wee flats that contain all the hope of a mouldy pizza sitting on the countertop. Felix McAveety’s life has always been the sad rendition of unrealised potential. The death of his friend, Marina, is the fuse to allow himself to care about something again.

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Meantime is beautiful in its harsh and brutal narrative. The writing is crystal clear, each word soaks into your skin like the bleak Scottish rain. No happy endings but it is intricate, it settled under my skin and had me craving more. Every mistake carves a deep and unsettling wound. If one sentence could sum it up it would be that.From Stanley Baxter and Chic Murray to Billy Connolly and Kevin Bridges we've produced a load of great comics. Boyle discussed the material onstage at a charity gig some months later, saying that the joke was intended to highlight how Price exploited her son, and that he felt the two aspects of Price's media profile, "her disabled son and her sexuality", did not belong together. He rejected comments that the joke may have led to playground bullying, saying that "I find it hard to believe there are kids at that school who would like to slag Harvey, but can't think of an angle." [68] Allegations of racism and consequent libel action [ edit ] Frankie Boyle: I'd like to quit touring stand-up and become a writer". Chortle. 18 August 2022 . Retrieved 31 December 2022. And my final comment which I think is quite key to the whole thing. It's a bit tongue in cheek and doesn't take itself that seriously - which, for me, made it all the more enjoyable and easy to read. I wonder if he has another book in the pipeline. I'd definitely be up for more of the same... Bennett, Steve (24 October 2011). "Work! Consume! Die! by Frankie Boyle". Chortle . Retrieved 31 December 2022.