No Naughty Bits lacks the cerebral, irreverent silliness of the Pythons' own material. It deals in a different kind of humour, sometimes cleverly yet without real zest... more
Not The Messiah was oddly entertaining, from the bombastic opening theme courtesy of Sousa to the Lumberjack Song encore, courtesy of Michael Palin.
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HandMade, the film company founded by Beatle George Harrison to finance Monty Python’s Life of Brian film, today announced a £17 million fundraiser on the day it started trading on the market again ... more
Whether it's the rise of Google, the creation of the Freeview digital TV service, or newspapers such as Metro, the power of free has been compelling... more
One of the big questions brought on by the credit crunch is whether the private-equity industry is dead, or as Michael Palin famously argued about the Monty Python parrot, merely resting... more
Actor John Cleese still has plenty fans, judging by the mob that greeted him as he walked around London today. The comic genius was mobbed by a brace of fans clutching memorabilia, and he didn't even have to do one of his silly walks in order to be recognised.... more
London is preparing for its biggest celebration of St George's Day in living memory as England reclaims the icon that it almost lost to the far-Right.... more
It's St George's Day on Monday 23 April and London is getting into the patriotic spirit with a series of events that celebrate England's patron saint.... more
Simon Russell Beale makes the perfect King Arthur in deliriously daft musical Spamalot and he's having a killer rabbit of a time following in the coconut-shells-for-horses'-hooves of Tim Curry. ... more
Christian groups denounced Monty Python's Life Of Brian as blasphemous and offensive but its fans think the film contains the team's funniest scene.... more
Fresh from Broadway and "lovingly ripped off" from the movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Spamalot offers a welcome new twist on musical comedy, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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