Madonna does stand-up again
Comic makes surprise appearance at New York's Comedy Cellar
30/01/2025 … Madonna has performed a surprise stand-up gig in New York.
Thu 30 January 2025
Wed 29 January 2025
© University of Salford Press Office (Alistsair pic)/CC BY-SA 2.0 Alistair Campbell being devious? Surely not!
Comedian daughter Grace reveals his dirty tricks as a father
29/01/2025 … Tony Blair’s spin doctor Alastair Campbell has certainly got a reputation for the dark arts of twisting reality to his ends.
Tue 28 January 2025
© BBC Ricky Gervais blamed for Slough's bad reputation
As The Office town named the unhappiest place to live
28/01/2025 … It already had a bad reputation, thanks largely to John John Betjeman’s savage 1937 lines ‘Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! It isn’t…
Fri 24 January 2025
Will Ferrell: The day I performed comedy to the OJ Simpson jurors
24/01/2025 … Will Ferrell has recalled his weirdest gig – performing to the jurors in OJ Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
Thu 23 January 2025
Dom Joly: I'm being haunted by an opera singer
Trigger Happy star calls in the paranormal investigators
23/01/2025 … Dom Joly believes his Gloucestershire home might be haunted.
Tue 21 January 2025
© BBC It's a 'courageous' decision, Minister!
Government's new AI tools to be named after Sir Humphrey...
21/01/2025 … He’s the smooth-talking, but Machiavellian, civil servant whose mission in life is to thwart the ambitions of his minister.
Mon 20 January 2025
© Christie's Get bidding, possums!
Dame Edna's glasses are up for auction
20/01/2025 … First it was Eric Morecambe’s specs – now several pairs of Dame Edna Everage’s distinctive glasses are going under the hammer.
Fri 17 January 2025
© Steve Ullathorne Howling with laughter
First look at Stewart Lee's Man-Wulf costume
17/01/2025 … Here’s the first look at Stewart Lee as the Man-Wulf, his alter-ego from his new stand-up tour.