Ali Wong's dress goes to the Smithsonian
Comic donates her £5 frock from Baby Cobra
13/06/2019 … It houses some of the world’s priceless cultural treasures… and now a £5 H&M dress will join them.
2019 Punching Up
Thu 13 June 2019
Wed 12 June 2019
Adam Kay gives every Tory MP a free book
...as part of a 'stop Jeremy Hunt' campaign
12/06/2019 … Adam Kay is trying to derail Jeremy Hunt’s campaign to become Prime Minister by sending all 330 Conservative MPs a copy of his uncompromising memoirs…
'Even the basics of making you feel comfortable as a woman on stage were not there'
Sandi Toksvig on sexism in comedy
12/06/2019 … Sandi Toksvig has told Australia’s first female Prime Minister about the misogyny and sexual harassment women face on the comedy circuit.
Tue 11 June 2019
For sale: Peter Cook's London house
Home of hedonistic parties... and where he wrote some classic comedy
11/06/2019 … The London home where Peter Cook lived for the last 20 years of his life has been put on the market for £5million.
Fri 07 June 2019
© The Arthur Szyk Society/CC BY-SA 4.0 When scribes go on strike
07/06/2019 … Tweets of the week Everyone makes mistakes.
Lovely jubbly! Only Fools memorabilia fetches thousands
07/06/2019 … The prop cheque for £6.
© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey: Edinburgh Fringe made me want to quit comedy
...but he just wasn't cut out for a normal job
07/06/2019 … It’s supposed to be a career launchpad – but Bill Bailey has revealed the Edinburgh Fringe almost made him quit comedy.
Wed 05 June 2019
Tracy Morgan in another car crash
Just minutes after collecting his new £1millio Bugatti
05/06/2019 … Five years ago he nearly lost his life in a terrifying freeway crash that killed his friend Jimmy McNair.