Sir Michael Palin ’s wanderlust is undimmed at 82, but how does the comedian defuse a dangerous situation?

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

We loved holidays so much we decided we’d never come home

On 20 September 1982, my wife, Marion, and I got married in Oxford. We then set off on our honeymoon to Burnley. An unusual destination for a newly married couple, I concede but after we had set the d

Dear Simon, Reading Larry Brayshaw’s letter, A Knockout Visit, in the July issue, reminded me of the time I also met a British heavyweight boxer. Dick Richardson was based in Staines and we would meet

Whisper it — the star of Hotel Portofino isn’t that keen on Italian food…