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Some of today's comics are guilty not so much of being offensive, but of just not being clever, funny or flexible enough to do their jobs without being offensive When did British comedians get so whiney? It's getting difficult...
A few weeks ago, I started an article with a story about a Donovan gig in the Purty Loft in Dun Laoghaire back in the late Eighties, which was most memorable for a comment made to me by an old rocker just before the show. "If...
Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlines Stripped blogger Belle de Jour The blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true...
Ben Elton should learn from Sir John Mortimer and stop the ranting and raging, says Gill Hornby. Ben Elton needs to gain a litle dignity Photo: PA When is a firebrand Leftie no longer a firebrand Leftie? Hearing Elton call the...
Classes on goodies and baddies, endless rows about jokes in poor taste . . . is an increasingly cautious BBC suffocating new comedy and drama? Mark Lawson on the climate of fear at Broadcasting House On Saturday, it will be one...
Ben Elton has upset Australian authorities after installing solar panels in his 1903 home without permission His new life in Australia hasn't got off to the best start. Before causing uproar with his comments about the Royal...
Hot seat: Andrew Hansen Source: The Daily Telegraph CRUDE language, sex and violence on the box has a family group claiming TV is becoming nothing more than a septic tank of dirt and garbage. In Monday's Good News Week, bad...
Age Correspondent London Nov. 18: Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday afternoon outlined the Labour government’s priorities for the coming parliamentary year after the official state opening of Parliament. The highlight of the...
IN today’s edition of Now Watch - Anorak’s look at “NOW” in news headlines - the Daily Express shines a light on Ben Elton who dared to poke fun at our Queen and the Royal Mail - who may or may not have killed Princess Diana,...
We Will Rock You ('WWRY' or 'Rock You' for short) is a Jukebox Musical by Queen and Ben Elton. The musical was first produced in London by Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical...
