Monty Python on TV, The Life of Brian on film, Spamalot on stage and George Harrison as a pirate…Eric Idle has had the most astonishing career, and he will look back on it all with relish as he ...

This veteran comedian’s set brought together Monty Python memories, stories of Elvis Presley and the Masked Singer ...

Eric Idle talks Monty Python spats, what keeps him on stage, and why it’s important to Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Picture: Supplied) Half a century since Monty Python burst into the ...

Eric Idle has weighed in on the topic of cancel culture, and seems to be much less fussed about it than his Monty Python co-star John Cleese. The 82-year-old comedian and songwriter talked on BBC ...

"When I was born, Hitler was trying to kill me, but luckily he missed." Eric Idle may now be 82, but he's lost none of the quick wit and sharp delivery that established him as one of the greatest ...

LONDON (AP) — And now for something completely different: Britain’s Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates ...

What has Milkwood Studios ever done for us? Or rather, a more apt question: apart from bringing Monty Python’s Flying Circus to our screens; continuing the legacy of Britain’s greatest comedy troupe; ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...