And now for something completely different: Britain's postal service Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Death is not, on the face of it, a very funny subject. Yet, comedian, writer and musician Eric Idle has ...

For more than 50 years, Eric Idle has been making the world laugh, whether it’s as a big screen actor, a bestselling author or through his work as a founding member of the iconic Monty Python comedy ...

Comedy fans have been marking the 50th anniversary of the cult comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and a pub in Herefordshire has had a particular reason to celebrate. The Python's Arms at ...

A set of 10 Monty Python-themed stamps will be released on 14th August, paying tribute to the much-loved British comedy troupe. Royal Mail is releasing a series of Monty Python stamps in a matter of ...

Vogue Italia December 2011 - Left. “Il senso della vita”, 1983 by Python (Monty) Pictures. Right. Relax alle Barbados, 1978 by Eric Idle, Terry Jones. “Monty Python’s flying circus” by Python (Monty) ...

BRITISH classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been slapped with trigger warnings ahead of its 50th anniversary re-release - alerting fans to “bad language” including “bum, tit, and Christ”. The ...

Elon Musk says he took inspiration from Monty Python for "charging for insults and arguments" amid ongoing backlash from his decisions as the new head of Twitter. The tech billionaire, who completed ...

The Monty Python team first appeared on TV together in a BBC series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, in 1969. Five of the six members – Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael ...

A British comedy legend has revealed the details of the moment he was held at gunpoint by armed guards in Venezuela. Sir Michael Palin was detained by the totalitarian country’s intelligence service ...