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The Holiday: 'Like an EasyJet underseat bag, there's not a lot to unpack'
The Holiday
TV

The Holiday: 'Like an EasyJet underseat bag, there's not a lot to unpack'

Big Zuu: 'Food is about connecting with everyone'
Big Zuu
TV

Big Zuu: 'Food is about connecting with everyone'

Lauren Layfield: 'Normal men, innocent men' and me
Lauren Layfield
TV

Lauren Layfield: 'Normal men, innocent men' and me

Rowan Atkinson: ‘I always liked the definition of art as the rejection of the status quo’
Man vs Bee. Image: Netflix
Comedy

Rowan Atkinson: ‘I always liked the definition of art as the rejection of the status quo’

Mr Bean meets Breaking Bad – why Man vs Bee is a comedy masterpiece
Man vs Bee. Image: Netflix
TV

Mr Bean meets Breaking Bad – why Man vs Bee is a comedy masterpiece

Why Bo Burnham's Inside still resonates so much with young adults
Bo Burnham with beard and long hair sings as part of Inside
Bo Burnham

Why Bo Burnham's Inside still resonates so much with young adults

Chris and Rosie Ramsey: 'If I get a laugh out of you, I'll tell you anything'
chris and rosie ramsey
comedy

Chris and Rosie Ramsey: 'If I get a laugh out of you, I'll tell you anything'

Josh Widdicombe: 'The pandemic changed my approach to comedy'
TV

Josh Widdicombe: 'The pandemic changed my approach to comedy'

The book tour that's taken me to heaven and Hull
The Humber Bridge
Culture

The book tour that's taken me to heaven and Hull

Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny
Hullraisers
TV

Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny

Russell Brand: 'Look into my eyes and see if you think I'm telling you the truth'
Russell Brand, photo supplied
Exclusive interview

Russell Brand: 'Look into my eyes and see if you think I'm telling you the truth'

Morgana Robinson: 'I'm the giant bogey that everyone sticks to'
Morgana Robinson
TV

Morgana Robinson: 'I'm the giant bogey that everyone sticks to'

Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'
Music

Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'

Mel Giedroyc: 'I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?'
TV

Mel Giedroyc: 'I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?'

Downing Street criticises Jimmy Carr as Netflix faces calls to remove joke about Roma people
Racism

Downing Street criticises Jimmy Carr as Netflix faces calls to remove joke about Roma people

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’
Barry Cryer in You'll Have Had Your Tea, 2006. Photo Andy Davison
Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’

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Comedian Mark Watson: Life, to borrow a footballing term, is a hard place to get a result
Mark Watson

Comedian Mark Watson: Life, to borrow a footballing term, is a hard place to get a result

How Munya Chawawa makes the internet's fastest comedy spoofs
Comedy

How Munya Chawawa makes the internet's fastest comedy spoofs

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
Shappi Khorsandi performing comedy. Image: Mick Flynn / Alamy Stock Photo
Culture

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'

Comedian Ed Byrne and a Big Issue vendor talk trekking
News

Comedian Ed Byrne and a Big Issue vendor talk trekking