Comedy

Why the comedy film series should return

An interview with internet sensation Intel Lady, aka satirist Jenny Stanton

Comedians should not agree not to insult the powerful

The Last Jewish Joke by Michel Wieviorka

Sneering at women’s attempts to be safe is not funny — it’s pathetic

A fascinating new book explores the transcendent qualities of sound

Five decades of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The writing’s on the wall for lowly folk still silly enough to consider themselves “creatives”

David Lodge’s work appealed to the highbrow as much as lovers of lowbrow farce

Held up as a paragon of virtue, he reassuringly confirms he remains as catty as the rest of us