© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 Boris Johnson gets his ideas from Private Eye
06/09/2019 … Boris Johnson is not only beyond parody – he seems to be inspired by it.
Fri 06 September 2019
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How Stephen Fry could have become an MP
Ambitions revealed in an archive letter to Neil Kinnock
05/09/2019 … Current events have shown what happens when a panel-show regular goes into politics.
Wed 04 September 2019
Ricky Gervais as you've never seen him before
04/09/2019 … Here’s Ricky Gervais as you’ve never seen him before – as a black cop on Baywatch.
Tue 03 September 2019
Did the Pythons predict Brexit?
Their Fat Ignorant Bastards had certainly 'had enough of experts'
03/09/2019 … Did Monty Python predict Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump? Possibly not but a newly released ‘lost’ sketch shows that they were mocking an…
Sat 31 August 2019
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How John Cleese hides his lines around the set of Hold The Sunset
31/08/2019 … John Cleese has confessed that he hides his lines around the set of his BBC One sitcom Hold The Sunset to save learning them.
Fri 30 August 2019
What idiot called it honey...
30/08/2019 … Tweets of the week Actually, it's only proroguing if it comes from the Prorogue region of France.
© Christopher William Adach/CC BY-SA 2.0 This'll help mums beat stress – I swear
Olivia Lee releases a mindfulness album full of expletives
30/08/2019 … Mindfulness recordings usually involve a soothing voice intoning gentle platitudes to relax the soul.
Tue 27 August 2019
The accidental investor
James Acaster buys shares in a streaming service - by mistake
27/08/2019 … James Acaster has bought shares in stand-up streaming company NextUp by mistake – thinking he was buying into Netflix The comedian – already…