Monty Python and Eric Idle forged a unique musical path marked by humor and satire. Their jokes often surprised people with how weird or clever they were. Eric Idle is one of the members of Monty ...

With the passing of Dame June Whitfield and the New Year’s Honours bestowing a knighthood on Michael Palin, I found myself reflecting on the half-life of comedy. I admit Dame June was a comedy master ...

A couple of columns ago I wrote about how good it was to live in Edinburgh. Of course, the city is not without its critics, and I readily concede that there are undoubtedly matters that need to be ...

Eric Idle: 'Life's s***' - Monty Python star, 78, on the 'messy' test to detect cancer ERIC IDLE is a popular actor and comedian best known as a member of Monty Python, performing in many of python's ...

It was 32 years ago when the Isle of Wight County Press pulled off a coup by adding Michael Palin as a guest writer.

A young cancer survivor from Plymouth is taking on the TCS London Marathon in a bid to give back to a leading cancer charity which helped her on her road to recovery. Bethany Holman-Brooks, now 25, ...

The 11th of May is a particularly silly day in history. Here’s to some of the silly billy’s for whom this is a significant day in the calendar. First up, it’s the British/American wits that are ...

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THE controversial 1979 film, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, was accused of blasphemy upon its release and banned in many towns and cities across Britain, the US and elsewhere. In some places, the ban ...

Comic geniuses, the lot of them. Few people could disagree that the six stars of Monty Python, the troupe behind TV's most surreal sketch show, were all individually brilliant. With a combined IQ ...

Last week Idle, who co-wrote hit Monty Python musical Spamalot, lamented on how their finances had dwindled JOHN Cleese has hit back at former co-star Eric Idle amid the Monty Python money row. Idle, ...

The comedian, 80, is the co-creator of the iconic programme, and starred in its various spin-off films including Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. Monty Python were a British comedy troupe formed ...