From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020

A book redefining marriage, a riotous show about dating, the secret meanings of breakup songs and a sex show to put your back out … ahead of Valentine’s Day, our critics pick works that sum up passion in our turbulent timesFrom Adam and Eve in the book…

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This week in comedy: High Fidelity the series premieres on Hulu

This week in comedy: We all remember the film from 2000, based off of the very successful book, High Fidelity… MORE
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Eddie Izzard on Terry Jones: he was the guardian of the Monty Python spirit

Jones was uninhibited, energetic, kind, curious – and a great person to spend time with, says the comedian Read Peter Bradshaw’s appreciation of Terry JonesI was quite young when Monty Python came down the airwaves into my brain. When the Python casset…

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The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel review – a magical fantasia

Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonA transatlantic voyage in 1910, with the silent stars onboard, is the basis of Told By An Idiot’s beguiling comedyCharlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel shared a boat from the UK to New York in 1910, as part of Fred Karno’s music ha…

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Comedy at the Oscars: the ongoing debate

Every single year it is bound to come up. The topic of the Academy having some form of agenda against… MORE
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‘Indecently funny in every way’ – Peter Cook’s legacy by Eddie Izzard, Lucy Porter and more

His influence is everywhere – but is the great, groundbreaking comedian being forgotten? Twenty-five years after his death, we reassess his impact The reports of Peter Cook’s death on 9 January 1995 had no difficulty arriving at a consensus about him, …

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Weinstein’s reappearance showed he has no shame. I had to call him out | Zoe Stuckless

There is still a sickening culture of silence and fear around Weinstein. This is how ‘dreammakers’ cling on to their power• Zoe Stuckless is an actor based in OregonI had one of the most surreal nights of my life a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine…

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‘God, I was disgusting!’ – Ali Wong on why women’s bodies are the last taboo

The standup behind Baby Cobra found fame with her candid material on sex and pregnancy. Back with a memoir, she talks about her work ethic, the taboo of miscarriage – and performing in front of her in-lawsIn her memoir, written as letters to her two yo…

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Kate Berlant: ‘There’s a connection between being psychic and improv’

She’s had small roles in hipster thriller Search Party and the new Tarantino movie but comedy is Berlant’s first love. Why? Because it’s ‘a place of terror’To fellow comic Bo Burnham, she is the “most influential/imitated comedian of a generation … a m…

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Steve Martin and Martin Short: ‘Do you think the Queen will come to our show?’

Two of the Three Amigos are hitting the road with a banter and banjo-filled double act. But it’s not about nostalgia, they insist“I’m a Guardian subscriber!”Oh, come now, Steve, you’re just buttering me up.Steve Martin and Martin Short are at the SSE H…

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