Blackadder, Red Dwarf and QI: How I wrote comedy’s best-loved theme tunes

I was very nearly a pop star. At 17, I signed a record deal with my band, Half Brother. Our album – of love songs – came out in the same month as the Sex Pistols’ debut, Never Mind the Bollocks, so ...

Hoppers Had To Tone Down A Scene Because It Was Way Too Scary

The moment in the final cut is toned down, but make no mistake about Daniel Chong’s intentions: that scene is included ...

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

One of the starring acts at Woodstock, he and his band, the Fish, came out of the Bay Area’s psychedelic rock scene. He went ...