A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment

Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?

What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami

Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR

For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled

Mental housemistresses and banners displaying children in boaters

Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals

In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant

Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause

Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human