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Adrian Edmondson met Rik Mayall during their first year of studying drama at Manchester University. They hit it off instantly and formed a double act, performing their own material every week.

For those of us lucky enough to have been regular contributors to Punch magazine, April is a slightly crueller month than most, since it was on 8 April 32 years ago that the last edition collapsed, exhausted, on to the newspaper stands. By then it was way past its best, but in its day it

Not a huge amount happens in this tale of illicit fortysomething love, but Jacobson’s writing is so good it hardly matters

Hi, Rabbi Gellman, I just found your old article on losing a pet. All of your articles “speak” to me, but this one touched me deeply. We have lost Franklin,

Only Connect host Victoria Coren Mitchell and her husband, Peep Show star, David Mitchell have become parents for the second time after welcoming daughter, June Violet, into the world

Times food critic Giles Coren,54, is being investigated by police over claims he verbally abused a neighbour after a row over parking outside his north London home

The combustible Times columnist, son of satirist Alan Coren and brother of TV presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, sent Richard Eden a string of abusive emails overnight.

Hes the bad-tempered restaurant critic known for becoming involved in acrimonious rows. Now, broadcaster Giles Coren is embroiled in a furious dispute closer to home.

Cleese thinks it's a two-way race to see which Monty Python member lives the longest.

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