Comedy has a way of reflecting its time, capturing what makes us laugh while sometimes pushing boundaries. Some classic comedies, though, pushed those boundaries so far that they’d likely spark ...

John Cleese is one of Britain's best-loved comedy legends. The actor-comedian was part of the iconic Monty Python comedy troupe in the 1970s. He co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers and starred as its ...

Whisper it quietly, but it looks like the bubble is beginning to burst for the frog-faced phantom of British politics, Nigel Farage. Some might say it hasn’t just burst, but popped with the wet, ...

Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British comedy Fawlty Towers, has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had dementia. Scales's sons, Samuel and ...

Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to literary fame. Miniature portrait on ivory of Jane Austen. The painter is ...

The New Year's and birthday honours lists are widely regarded as the ultimate acknowledgement of a life devoted to public service. These lists, which feature thousands of names from all over the UK, ...

The world of Arthurian lore is packed with great adventures, high drama. love, lust, betrayal, battles and conniving magic users. Camelot was born from pagan myths turned into chivalric romance, and ...

Detroiters (2017-2018) Humming with zany high-energy and a dedication to the surreal which would impress the Monty Python team, Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson play a low-rent local ad agency whose ...