SALES of “Spam, Spam, lovely Spam” – as the Monty Python song goes – are rocketing in our straitened times. Other World War Two budget staples such as beef shin, ox cheek and pilchards are also flying ...

SPAM was hailed as lovely and wonderful in a famous Monty Python sketch, but the e-mail variety has become the bane of office workers' lives. A survey by Internet provider MSN found spam, or ...

IT is a brand of canned cooked pork that first went on sale in the 1930s before going on to become the focus of a Monty Python sketch in later years. Much maligned in recent times, Spam is now ...

It is a whopping year for Monty Python, what with that reunion tour you may have heard about, alongside that 50 year anniversary that's been brushed under the carpet. As far as lumberjacklore goes, we ...

And now for something completely different… Spam popcorn. That’s the ‘treat’ awaiting Monty Python fans who attend a live screening of the Monty Python stage show at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle upon ...

As Monty Python would say, there's spam, spam, spam and more spam on the shelves at The Prince's Pantry, where a cafe owner is trying to bring back the wartime staple. Mirror writer Jackie Annett ...

Why do we call unwanted emails “spam”? The origins of the term are a lot funnier than you think. Word expert Graeme Donald told 5 live Breakfast that the use of the word to describe emails comes from ...

LIKE a Monty Python sketch, life in Sharon Lewandowski’s kitchen is spam-tastic. The creative cook is a fan of the world-famous pork product and uses it to put a spin on classic dishes. Sharon reaches ...

Despite being an alarming shade of body-part pink, Spam has a cult following (Picture: Getty/Rex) Get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know (or didn’t realise you wanted to know) about the ...

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Image shows from L to R: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam. Copyright: BBC It is a ...