Canadian banks delivered stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings, led by National Bank and BMO, with strength in capital markets and wealth management helping drive results despite concerns ...

Analysis: For over a year, since the Government was forced to rustle up $200 million in a desperate bid to attract new oil and gas development to New Zealand, ministers have been denying the obvious: ...

Ricky Gervais knows a thing or two about what makes great comedy. From The Office and Extras through to Derek and After Life, his own work has often drawn on the same ingredients: trapped characters, ...

It's not every day you get to be in the company of one of the greatest comedy minds of all time so last night was definitely one to savour. Sir Michael Palin closed out the BBC's Comedy Festival at ...

Michael Palin has responded to comments John Cleese made about him being too keen to be liked, saying that his Monty Python co-star "thrives on argument". Palin was speaking to The Louis Theroux ...

10th June: John Cleese, Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam to reunite later this year 11th May: Rarely-seen Monty Python material coming to Blu-ray Surrealist, observational and curiously subversive, Monty ...

John Cleese comes on the line to chat about his Not Dead Yet! tour, which comes to Southern California to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Monty Python and Holy Grail,” but before we can ask our ...

There’s a seductively shallow theory that you can measure how comfortable your life is by the insignificance of the things that annoy you. By that standard I should be one of the most carefree and ...