Forgotten heroes of comedy

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

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

BORN on Christmas Day in 1899, Humphrey DeForest Bogart had a privileged upbringing. The son of a cardiopulmonary surgeon and a commercial illustrator, he lived with his parents and two younger sister

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

Icon of London’s Swinging Sixties Terence Stamp ...

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