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

Dear Simon, Once again, the December 2025 issue had lots of memories to write about. Starting from the front, Gertcha! – I did love Chas and Dave, as did my husband. Of course, the family always watch

No jury in the land could deny that Rumpole of the Bailey remains one of British television’s most beloved creations. The winning combination of John Mortimer’s sumptuous scripts and Leo McKern’s rich

You might remember those cosy evenings when The Vicar of Dibley came on, the last of the washing-up done, the smell of a dinner still lingering in the air, and the laughter from the living room carryi

Who, today, remembers Robert Vas? His Refuge England (1959), a partly autobiographical account of a Hungarian migrant trying to make sense of London—its confusing streets and dizzying profusion of sig

One day in 1936, the barrister Clifford Mortimer banged his head on the door frame of a London taxi and was immediately struck blind. He would never be able to see again. Then in his early 50s, he nev