How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle: The godfather of alternative comedy looks left
The memoir is most satisfying when Sayle looks at the flaws as well as the draws of the left
Alexei Sayle
‘The BBC said we couldn’t have a scene with Vyvyan having sex with the floor’: The Young Ones at 40
In 1982, the sitcom with Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondon, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan and Alexei Sayle brought alternative comedy into the mainstream
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
Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘I was always this weird, watchful kind of kid’
The comedian on stand-up terror, growing up with a politician for a dad, and Father Ted
Did it give you a giggle? A pound coin gag wins funniest joke award
Top 15 jokes voted the funniest at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017
David Baddiel: ‘It was weird being depressed and having to go on TV’
On the comedian’s mind are anti-Semitism and how it is not really considered racism, his experience of fame as ‘a constant puncturing of the moment’, and doing stand-up again
Comics, comedy and Communards: Margaret Thatcher and pop culture
From Adrian Mole to Ben Elton and Billy Bragg, everyone had an opinion on the Iron Lady
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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