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The Derek and Clive alter egos of the satirist and Dudley Moore came to life in the mews property
Potential for concerted air strikes and limited special forces if threat increases
Militant in beheading videos targeted in US drone strike
A scabrously funny and sombre play that puts the comedy duo’s turbulent relationship under the spotlight
The country is the way that it is because most French people want it that way
Much of the journalism profession is motivated by a desire to tell stories without concern for the people in them, but someone’s got to do it
A convincing study into the power of rhetoric
As it reaches 50, Private Eye has enjoyed record sales and editor Ian Hislop has been named the most influential voice in politics
Howard Jacobson’s hilarious collection of columns for the Independent
I am drawn to chairmen with a sense of humour, says Kevin Goldstein-Jackson
It’s not that I’m advocating violence and disorder, just dispassionately noting that in Britain it is more effective than peaceful protests
Peter Cook created a genre of ‘declinist’ humour
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