Moulton Seas End inventor John ward made trophy for comedy awards

Talented inventor John Ward designed a trophy for this year’s annual Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards.

John, from Moulton Seas End, who is also a Spalding Guardian columnist, made the Cunning Stunt award.

Inspired by the BAFTA trophy, but using Malcolm Hardee’s likeness, John designed one side to “symbolise the bland year and half it’s been”, with the other representing “pure Malcolm, with a hearty grin”.

The awards were launched in 2005 in the memory of comic, agent, manager, club-owner and prankster Malcolm Hardee, and celebrates and promotes “the spirit of madcap, anything-goes comedy anarchy at the Edinburgh Festival”.

Masai Graham’s joke: “I thought the word ‘Caesarean’ began with the letter ‘S’ but when I looked in the dictionary, it was in the ‘C’ section” was declared the winner.