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This week’s cartoon: Praying for a miracle
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (59+ words) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor celebrated his 66th birthday in jail while his brother the King went to London Fashion Week IMPARTIAL NEWS + INTELLIGENT DEBATE This week's cartoon: Praying for a miracle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor celebrated his 66th birthday in jail while his brother the King…...
The funniest memoirs of all time, according to Nina Stibbe
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (600+ words) The funniest memoirs of all time, according to Nina Stibbe'The i Paper IMPARTIAL NEWS + INTELLIGENT DEBATE The funniest memoirs of all time, according to Nina Stibbe From secret erotic poems to obsessive football fandom, Nina Stibbe's list of memoirs prove…...
I'm Sorry, Prime Minister packs a surprisingly poignant punch
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (429+ words) Jonathan Lynn reunites Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby to reckon with fading power and familial relationships Share this story from The i Paper - and spark a conversation. Gift up to 10 articles a month to a friend, so they can…...
I'm an American in Britain - this is what makes you funnier than us
1+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) Saturday Night Live is coming to the UK, but our comedy just cannot compete with British satire Our local arts and entertainment public broadcasting station was broadcasting something called Monty Python's Flying Circus. Like millions of Americans my age, I…...
Mackenzie Crook has become the antidote to Ricky Gervais's cruel comedy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (452+ words) Crook looks for the humanity in everyone - Gervais only points out their stupidity Nearly 25 years later, that legacy continues. But not through Ricky Gervais, The Office's co-creator and its biggest star. Through Mackenzie Crook, who played the skinny, pudding-bowled jobsworth…...
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia left me cold - I couldn't wait for it to end
2+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) It's the playwright's masterpiece, but it felt like being trapped inside a lecture hall I was still at school when I saw the 1993 National Theatre premiere production of what is widely considered to be the late Sir Tom Stoppard's masterpiece,…...
Forget Adolescence - Waiting for the Out is the best show about masculinity
4+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) This series about a philosophy teacher working in a prison is one of the finest slices of television I've seen in a long time Yet the start of 2026 has offered a far deeper and richer " not to mention multigenerational " examination…...
Chloe Petts: ‘There are some talentless male comedians who think they’re God’s gift’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (802+ words) INTERVIEW The comedian talks to Tom Nicholson about lad culture, identity politics and how she keeps her audience onside A few months ago, Chloe Petts was partway through a preview gig for her latest show, Big Naturals, and a man…...
Martin Compston: ‘Yes, I was working class, but I had anything I wanted growing up’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (526+ words) INTERVIEW The actor on embracing being an action hero, the return of Line of Duty and why being set on fire was fun " until the flames wouldn't go out Martin Compston grew up in thrall to the big American action…...
Strictly stopped me becoming a grumpy old man
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (911+ words) I didn't want to succumb to the epidemic of grumpiness that infects men of a certain age There's an epidemic of grumpiness that seems to infect men of a certain age; a contagious belief that the world's gone to hell…...