We all have more Alan Partridge in us than we would care to admit
Triumph of Steve Coogan’s great comedy character rests on his slow evolution, moments of pathos and the canny avoidance of low-hanging fruit (Brexit)
Barry Humphries
Actor and comedian
Graham Norton: ‘Angry people want you to lose rights. I hope young gay people are up for the fight’
As he prepares to publish his fifth novel, a low-key Norton reflects on fame, growing up in west Cork and the Ryan Tubridy debate
Barry Humphries obituary: Outrageous caricatures Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson took the one-man show to new heights
Australian was never a genial humorist. There was always a whiff of sulphur in his comedy
Barry Humphries, creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89
Comedian was best known for playing Australian housewife character whose trademark greeting was ‘Hello Possums!’
John Pilger on breaking the Great Silence of Australia’s past
In his revealing new documentary ‘Utopia’, distinguished journalist John Pilger paints a bleak picture of life for the aboriginal people of his native Australia
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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