Here are 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe 2026, featuring everything from magicians to margarine.
Olaf Falafel: I remember thinking, as I taped a piranha to my boomerang, this could come back to bite me.…
‘It was a damn unicorn’: the groundbreaking and controversial impact of Paul Simon’s
It was the summer of 1984, and things weren’t going well for Paul Simon. The year before, a blockbuster Simon…
Hazy sunshine, factor-50 smiles, and Cliff Richard behind the wheel: the 20 best summer holiday movies, ranked!
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One American couple replaced their lawn with a wildlife haven – and you can do it too.
When James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to swap their lawn for native plants, they had no real…
Jah Wobble on covering the Beatles, London buses, and why punk went wrong: ‘Being kind is seen as uncool.’
Sometimes, on the top deck of a London bus, pension-age punks will politely interrupt a man absorbed in his iPad.…
Natalie Harp is one of Donald Trump’s most trusted and loyal aides, and she’s recently been in the spotlight.
Wearing shoulder-length blond hair, gold earrings, and a red dress, cancer survivor Natalie Harp introduced herself to the 2020 Republican…
Will AI take your job? Automated hiring tools are facing lawsuits over discrimination and lack of transparency.
For the past four years, Erin Kistler has applied to thousands of jobs at companies like PayPal, Microsoft, and Netflix,…
A moment that changed me: when my husband died, birds started acting strangely around me.
After my husband passed away, the birds started acting strangely around me. I’m not imagining it—it really happened. During my…
Heavy weights, loud grunting, and sweaty benches: 11 gym dos and don’ts from fitness experts.
I like to think of myself as a pretty easygoing person. What other people do is their own business. But…