6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (804+ words) Don't miss this special subscription offer. Receive award-winning journalism and support the only magazine dedicated to ending poverty in the UK. Rosie Jones looks back on a year of personal breakthroughs and puts her hat in the ring for the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (307+ words) If these stories are horrific, they also capture glimmers of Palestinians finding their own quietude " even in the face of genocide Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories is a blistering collection by the trailblazing author Ghassan Kanafani, featuring…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (907+ words) After a seven-year hiatus, drag artist Jonny Woo's anarchic alternative to the Royal Variety is back " and bigger than ever Jonny Woo at the Soho Theatre Walthamstow. Credit: Simon Phipps. This year's Royal Variety Show will once again deliver its…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (699+ words) The Producers " currently playing on the West End " satirises fascism with musical comedy. It's a tonic for our times Marc Antolin (Leo Bloom) and the Company of The Producers - credit Manuel Harlan There is no shortage of swastikas in the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (268+ words) Charles takes comedy seriously, as all great comic artisans do. It's a fascinating, colourful book Comedy guru Larry Charles is a celebrated writer/director whose credits include Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the first Borat movie. He's an inherently subversive…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (777+ words) Keir Starmer's promises to tackle child poverty are too vague. Sign our petition asking the PM to tell us how many kids he will get out of poverty. In Hostage, like Prime TV's The Assassin, plots are convoluted, out-of-control and…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (234+ words) He revolutionised comedy with Monty Python. Now, having survived cancer, he's still looking on the bright side Eric Idle was born in March 1943 in South Shields, County Durham. His father, Ernest, was a sergeant in the RAF who served in…...

6+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (281+ words) The genial comedian and podcaster presents a litany of blunders for our amusement in the second volume of his memoirs When Adam Buxton interviewed Paul Weller live on BBC Radio 2 in 2010, he hit upon the brilliant idea of singing, Grease-style,…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (482+ words) Comedian Rhys Darby shot to fame as Flight of The Conchords' hapless manager Murray he's not looked back since. He grew up with Monty Python, Andy Kaufman and Peter Jackson " a career in absurdist comedy was inevitable Image: Robyn Von…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1086+ words) Robin is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox. His books include Robin Ince's Bad Book Club (little Brown) and two volumes of horror stories by comedians, Dead Funny (Salt). Plus,…...