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Griff Rhys Jones admits he ‘hates’ how politically correct comedy has become… but confesses he would like to ‘squeeze’ back into the industry By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 16:10 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 16:47 GMT, 27 November 2020 Griff Rhys Jones has spoken of his hatred towards increasingly politically correct comedy during … Read more
JK Rowling has been subjected to an onslaught of abuse that highlights an insidious, authoritarian and misogynistic trend in social media. Rowling has consistently shown herself to be an honourable and compassionate person, and the appalling hashtag #RIPJKRowling is just the latest example of hate speech directed against her and other women that Twitter and … Read more
Best of luck to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall, who will this week appear on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time with a query about certain types of Scottish lavender. This is a timely and burning issue around my way. After all, we have just lived through one of the worst crises in living … Read more
Over a poached egg in the grand old railway hotel Fairmont Royal York, it all started up. ‘Oh, it’s snowing, alright,’ our waiter told us. ‘How lovely,’ we replied, looking forward to a light dusting of icy crystals. By the time we got onto the Toronto streets, we were wading through waist-high drifts. Airports closed. … Read more
Over a poached egg in the grand old railway hotel Fairmont Royal York, it all started up. ‘Oh, it’s snowing, alright,’ our waiter told us. ‘How lovely,’ we replied, looking forward to a light dusting of icy crystals. By the time we got onto the Toronto streets, we were wading through waist-high drifts. Airports closed. … Read more
Griff Rhys Jones needs to be on stage. ‘I love, love, love being funny in front of an audience,’ he says. ‘I adore it.’ Only illness will keep him off it, like the time he started vomiting gherkins in the wings before Charley’s Aunt. He’s even gone on squiffy, though only once and never again … Read more