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Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister

Have I Got News For You star on a career in comedy, Boris Johnson and his Irish revolutionary grandfather

Maureen Dowd: Washington mired in mud of sexual harassment

Al Franken resigns for wet kisses while Trump skips past his braggadocio on groping

Blasphemy and the problem of evil

This Taliban-like law has no place in a democracy

Sitcoms are the best gauge of our society

If you want to learn about premillennial complacency in the US you need only endure a few episodes of Friends or marvel at a season of Seinfeld

Bafta TV awards: Wolf Hall wins big as BBC reform criticised

Peter Kay stands silent and feigns shock at winning award instead of giving speech

Obscene gestures: can a theatre show ever go too far?

Offence is in the eye of the beholder, but Irish theatre has a robust reputation for pushing boundaries, and many theatres and companies have suffered for their artistic freedom

Clinton research trove reveals golden memories of Ireland

America Letter: former aides recall early days of peace process for history project

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I promised Nevill that I would see that his art and writings were not forgotten when he was gone. This posthumous mission has taken some time and it is not over

Actress of incredible strength with great capacity for emotion in a role

Eileen Colgan: January 2nd, 1934 - March 10th, 2014