Comedy

Spitting Image hits back over Paddington filmmakers’ lawsuit

Satirical show makers post video of bear using a lawyers’ letter as toilet paper

It’s my disability and I’ll laugh if I want to

A young generation of disabled comedians is reclaiming our stories

Laughing in Joe Rogan land

How did comedians get so much political power?

The case for… Dad jokes

Look, it’s easy to knock the old gags, but even while you’re groaning you can’t help smiling

‘I’m wired to feel shame very easily’

The comedian and composer on love logic, coping with criticism, and why he won't cut his hair

Onstage orgasms, live tattooing, ‘embracing our mucky parts’

The month-long festival can be an endurance test for many its performers, as they confront their emotional and physical boundaries

Divine comedy: fringe standups turn to religion for inspiration

A number of comics at the Edinburgh fringe this summer are finding the humour in their newfound faith

Sian Gibson: ‘I don’t feel famous at all’

The writer and star of The Power of Parker on her love for the 90s and the call-centre job she went back to after her comedy hit

Meet Nathan Fielder, the king of cringe comedy

The edgy comedian behind absurdist hit series The Rehearsal uses surreal role-play to take improv to elaborate, deranged extremes

The giggle map of the UK: in comedy, location matters

Ken Dodd, a Liverpudlian, famously tailored his jokes for regional audiences, but do today’s entertainers still find their acts go down differently in Bath or Leeds, or Glasgow?