Still standing: jonathan self’s top 10 great british comedians

Fawlty Towers: the Play Friday 9.00pm U&Gold

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

Rembrandt people Fran Lebowitz once described herself as ...

At 16, I was doing my first year of A levels at a minor public school in Oxfordshire. I’d done pretty well in my GCSEs – I got one ‘B’, which disappointed me, but it was biology and I don’t feel it’s

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

Not many of the great postwar British film stars found box office fame in their early 40s, yet the gravel-voiced and charming Jack Hawkins did just that. His career is perhaps best remembered for his