John Cleese accuses Eric Idle of ‘inventing’ narrative in latest Monty Python row ‘Fawlty Towers’ star reignited X/Twitter row with new message accusing Idle of telling fibs The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024
‘Zero repercussions’: victims of robodebt ‘embarrassed’ to have believed justice would be done Despite a royal commission and now findings of misconduct, those affected say many of those responsible have been able to ‘just walk away’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024
Monty Python's Eric Idle is the original Mr Brightside The Life of Brian star is coming to Newcastle in November Newcastle Herald · Sep 14, 2024
I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s – here’s what I discovered A writer with no technical background recounts his incredible journey into the realm of coding and its lessons about the modern world The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024
The most successful movies of the 70s A great decade for cinema history, the '70s saw plenty of box office hits and iconic cult films, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Apocalypse Now Woman & Home · Aug 22, 2024
Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer A new book claims that the Russian composer is not the tormented genius he is portrayed as, but a fun-loving man with ‘a fabulous life’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024
Monty Python is the next Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair crossover, in a trend that feels increasingly like Hasbro has a board full of IPs and a box full of darts Bring out yer crossovers! PC Gamer · Jul 24, 2024
‘Time Bandits’ show reinvigorates Monty Python film with Lisa Kudrow-led ensemble Lisa Kudrow stars in “Time Bandits,” an upcoming Apple TV+ series based on the 1981 movie written by Monty Python legends The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024
Excited for Those About to Die? 5 TV shows and movies to stream to get ready Here are 5 TV shows and movies that'll get you ready for Those About to Die which airs next week. WhatToWatch · Jul 13, 2024
“I’m at work in the petrol station and I read the album is at No. 23. I’d last heard it at a playback in George Martin’s studio”: Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold Louder · May 8, 2024
Barber of Seville review – high energy, whimsy and Stetsons as Rossini goes to the wild west With a dash of Monty Python and a sprinkling of Carry On, Charles Court Opera’s slimmed-down staging of the comic opera is pacy and entertaining The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024
“We were spoofing the idea of the concept album, but in a fun way that didn’t totally mock it… It’s only in recent times that I’ve appreciated how complex the music is”: Why Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick needed to be serious - and a send-up Ian Anderson set out to make “the mother of all concept albums” while incorporating a large measure of Monty Python - but some people laughed at all the wrong places Louder · Mar 2, 2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin star Noel Fielding: ‘I got to wear amazing outfits!’ The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin — Noel Fielding and Hugh Bonneville reveal all about their Apple TV Plus period romp. WhatToWatch · Feb 28, 2024
“I put an ad in Melody Maker – ‘musicians only need apply!’ – and we got Peter and Michael Giles, and Robert Fripp”: So many artists wanted to be part of Judy Dyble’s world Late singer decided to avoid staying in bands too long after being fired from Fairport Convention – “I’d leave before they could throw me out” – but believed the split sent both parties hurling into adventures they’d otherwise have missed Louder · Feb 13, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024 Post your questions for Terry Gilliam The Monty Python legend and director of 12 Monkeys and Brazil will be receiving his first Aardman Slapstick award for visual comedy next month. Ask him anything here
France 24 · Oct 24, 2023 Director Terry Gilliam on his career: 'I got away with murder!' For more than 50 years he has been conjuring up strange and fantastical worlds. From the very beginning of his work with Monty Python, he has rarely played by the rules and has shunned the Hollywood system, yet serious actors like Sean Connery, Robin Williams and Johnny Depp queue up…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 2, 2023 Chargers’ Justin Herbert Evokes Monty Python to Describe Injury Suffered vs. Raiders The Chargers quarterback was wearing a splint on his finger after his team’s win over the rival Raiders.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023 Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes review – a ‘national trinket’ remembers The actor follows her unfettered 2021 memoir with a miscellany of showbiz tales, agony aunt advice and her F-bomb on the Today programme
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023 Swedish rockers The Hives on 15 years of making punk rock cool: ‘Nothing annoys punks more than David Beckham wearing a Crass shirt’ The Swedish five piece are having fun on their first album in 11 years. Frontman Pelle Almqvist and lead guitarist Niklas Almqvist tell Annabel Nugent about never growing up, and how they’ll know when to call it quits
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023 ‘On best behaviour, he was a joy’: the lost archive of English pop eccentric Vivian Stanshall The man best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was brilliant but volatile, and met an untimely end. Now his unfinished work has been rescued
Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023 OPINION - The one thing Labour doesn’t want to talk about could define them In January, as the economic storm clouds lingered over Westminster, like a gigantic Monty Python-style anthracite boot, I spent a bit of time with the people looking after Sir Keir Starmer. They were doing what all parties do at times like this when they think they might be in with…
Metal Hammer · Jul 8, 2023 10 non-famous bands who have the same name as a way more famous band The psychedelic Nirvana, the thrash Poison and the early 70s Iron Maiden - come on in, your time is now
Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2023 OPINION - The New Conservatives are proof Tory MPs don’t care about governing If in doubt about a political question, always consult the collected works of Monty Python. There is no higher authority. What, for example, is the future of the Conservative Party?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023 Hymns in and Monty Python out of UK funeral songs top 10 Queen’s funeral credited for hymns’ revival while Time to Say Goodbye replaces You’ll Never Walk Alone at No 1
Wales Online · May 30, 2023 The Welsh castle that was the setting for the iconic Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene "Where did you get those coconuts?"