The actor and former carpet salesman on his new BBC series, Nightsleeper, and taking a punch

As a documentary maker, it was important to tell the stories of Israeli and Gazan victims, writes Robin Barnwell. But how to do this without free access to Gaza?

The 81-year-old Monty Python star’s latest volume of his diaries is dedicated to his wife, Helen, who died last year. Michael Palin reveals his thoughts on grieving — ‘I carry on as though she is still here’ — and his own mortality

The nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy awards are in, with shows including Shogun, The Crown and The Bear competing for top honours

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Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond prove that they have escaped more than enough career-death and actual-death experiences

Would the nation cheer Tommy Robinson if he hugged his stick-thin Slavic dance partner and cried after doing the lindy hop? I fear it would

The former president has been targeting young male voters with appearances on witless podcasts hosted by ‘manosphere’ influencers

As the BBC’s blockbuster show returns, we round up 20 years of foxtrotting MPs, rehearsal rows and the ‘curse’

Lily Collins, star of the Netflix hit, says the French president’s wife asked to be included, but the Élysée insists producers made the first move