The Independent has announced it will be the official news partner of Henley Literary Festival 2025. The Independent has ...

Helen Lederer has no plans to retire. The 70-year-old comedian has joined the cast of Fawlty Towers – The Play in London's ...

The festival also boasts a strong line-up of children’s events, featuring Paddington actor Hugh Bonneville, best-selling poet Donna Ashworth and award-winning author-illustrator Emily Gravett, who ...

Helen Lederer has no plans to retire. The 70-year-old comedian has joined the cast of Fawlty Towers – The Play in London's ...

Henley Literary Festival is partnering with The Independent for the third year running, to create one of the most spectacular ...

The Monty Python star previously turned down the offer of a CBE and a peerage and he is adamant that if the Honours Committee and King Charles selected him for the most prestigious accolade and make ...

Michael Palin has explained why he thinks another Monty Python reunion would not work. The comedy troupe was co-founded in ...

We all have our own secret retreat when the sun shines. Torre Abbey Sands is 'the town beach' which is easy to locate. It's ...

John Cleese says he’d refuse a knighthood if offered—prefers the reward of making people laugh over royal honours.

When The Young Ones burst on to screens in 1982 it felt like a palette cleanser against all the "nice" programmes that ...

From The Office to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, there are some hugely influential sitcoms that are still being copied by TV ...

John Cleese would refuse a knighthood if he was offered the British honour. The Monty Python star previously turned down the ...