There is, as has been said over millennia, no accounting for taste. This is especially true when it comes to comedy. Thinkers of all stripes have considered it seriously — Socrates had his doubts ...

Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall co-wrote and star in a slapdash, slapstick gross-out comedy about two nitwits operating a run-down English hotel. Edmondson also directed. The two stars made a name for ...

The death of The Young Ones legend this morning left the world reeling, with fans and his former colleagues expressing their sadness at the death of an inspiration. Mayall got his first break as a ...