1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (590+ words) The comedian didn't mention his Office co-creator once during a video to mark its 25th anniversary. What happened? He never starred in The Office – save for a few appearances as Gareth Keenan’s mate Oggy – but he was as intrinsic a part…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (407+ words) I wouldn't boot out air-raid-siren laughers like my husband - but I have considered it J was outraged on the journey home, protesting that it was a show for under-fives and that the audience shouldn’t need to sit in hushed silence…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (21+ words) How long can we keep calm and carry on? EXPLORE MORE ON THE TOPICS IN THIS STORY Read more about News...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (590+ words) To many, the 34-year-old Aussie is the funniest man in British comedy. He's also certainly one of the weirdest, and – as Sarah Carson found out – he's almost impossible to interview Two years ago, a boyish, baby-faced Australian ordered me and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (690+ words) The stand-up, poet and "Three Lions" legend Frank Skinner on breakfast Sherry, trapping his wife, and why he should have become a spy Here he looks back on the moments that changed his perspective on work, love, family, money and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (218+ words) A new book charts the story of the woman who gave us some of television's greatest comedy creations – and the mental and physical health problems that plagued her Caroline Aherne was a genius. Not your superficial, doing hard sums, inspirational…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (385+ words) Comedian and writer Ben Elton on staying close to his famous friends and why he turned down dinner with Margaret Thatcher I first became aware of Ben Elton when he presented Saturday Live on Channel 4 in the mid-80s. His brand of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (468+ words) The actor and comedian on his most famous sitcom role, being called a nepo baby, and how Arctic Monkeys inspired his stand-up show It’s a very accurate approximation. “I did genuinely get quite drunk before that,” he says. “I must…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (781+ words) The musician on the moments that shaped him, from passing on the Sex Pistols to growing up in a slum Here he looks back at the moments that shaped him, from growing up in a crowded slum, passing on the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1134+ words) I’m still surprised no one cares that I’m married to a woman In 2013, it became legal for a woman to marry another woman in the UK. And the following year I married my long-time partner, novelist Hilary Bonner. Old fears…...