Stephen Fry

‘It comes down to taste’: how the Edinburgh comedy awards find tomorrow’s funniest stars

Nica Burns, driving force of the festival’s comedy prize, talks about the winners and losers in 40 years of the hugely influential event

Vanessa Thorpe

31, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM

Race is on to revive much-loved London gay pub the Joiners Arms

Stars including Stephen Fry and Joe Lycett join forces to help campaigners fundraise for UK’s first community-run queer venue

Rupert Neate

30, Jul, 2022 @12:16 PM

Queen’s platinum jubilee concert 2022: the Platinum Party at the Palace – as it happened

One of the showpiece events for the platinum jubilee is a concert with Queen, Diana Ross, Elton John and more

Stuart Heritage

04, Jun, 2022 @9:51 PM

Stars and royals gear up for Platinum Party at the Palace

More than 30 royals will gather to see acts including Diana Ross, Ella Eyre and George Ezra for Queen’s jubilee

Harry Taylor

04, Jun, 2022 @4:44 PM

I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years

Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments – and its future

Mark Lawson

11, Apr, 2022 @4:47 PM

Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town

Lucy Knight

05, Apr, 2022 @11:00 AM

Bamber Gascoigne, former University Challenge quizmaster, dies at 87

Presenter who hosted quizshow for 25 years dies at his home after a short illness

Harriet Sherwood

08, Feb, 2022 @12:46 PM

Stephen Fry joins celebrities urging people to switch to green pensions

Actors, politicians and firms lend support to 21x Club’s call to pull investments out of industries that harm planet

Rupert Jones

04, Nov, 2021 @11:30 AM

Stephen Fry on the enduring appeal of Georgette Heyer

As the Folio Society publishes a new edition of Venetia, the actor and broadcaster reflects on what makes an excellent Regency romance

Stephen Fry

01, Oct, 2021 @3:49 PM

Escher: Journey into Infinity review – meet the man who pictured the impossible

The Dutch illustrator known for visually perplexing design is lauded as a great artist in an interesting if uncritical documentary narrated by Stephen Fry

Peter Bradshaw

11, Aug, 2021 @11:00 AM

The Picture of Dorian Gray review – the ugly face of social media

Eternal youth and beauty exist only online in this thoroughly modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s fable, which counts Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among its impressive cast

Arifa Akbar

16, Mar, 2021 @12:01 AM

TV tonight: the many faces of Ozzy Osbourne

The Black Sabbath singer has reinvented himself constantly over his career. And, somehow, he’s still going … Plus: Stephen Fry on the inventions that transformed our lives. Here’s what to watch tonight

Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Jack Seale, Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

30, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM