Humour

Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse.

Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life’s most difficult questions, such as, ‘What do you ...

Etiquette can be a minefield, so let Brian the sloth guide you very slowly through the mores of modern living.

Carlton Books presents Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Treasures, the complete history of Monty Python, with bits in. Never before has the story of the Pythons been so brilliantly told, in words, rare and unseen photographs and fascinating examples of removable and on-the-page facsimile memorabilia. ...

Carlton Books presents Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Treasures, the complete history of Monty Python, with bits in. Never before has the story of the Pythons been so brilliantly told, in words, rare and unseen photographs and fascinating examples of removable and on-the-page facsimile memorabilia. ...

A guide to all things that affect us as we age. Whether you've just reached 25 or forgotten when you were 65, it takes a look at subjects as diverse as hair, changing partners, glasses and plastic surgery.

In a series of hilariously dry fictional sketches, E F Benson introduces us to some of the more bizarre inhabitants of Mayfair's Edwardian high society - a world he knew intinately. Each is a distinct representative of an anthropological 'type': Sir Louis and Lady Mary Marigold turn snobbery into an ...

Heard the one about the Rabbi and the cow from Minsk yet? Look no further for laughter than this fascinating and revealing celebration of the great Jewish Joke

The ultimate pub quiz from a legendary quizmaster and Only Connect champion

Graham Laidler (Pont) died at the early age of 32 but left a rich legacy of witty observations on 1930s Britain. Most famous for drawing the British Character - a series of over 100 cartoons which appeared in Punch magazine - lampooning the British.

A collection Martin Rowson's cartoons from the years of coalition

Over 150 of the finest quotes from the most infamous riches-to-rags story a small town has ever seen.

A collection of extracts, quotes, poems and sayings.

With Epic Jokes windup friends and family with these long-winded, hilarious jokes!

Down the hatch, bottoms up, make it a double - the world of drink is full of delights fit for any occasion.

A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris's best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career. Hand-picked by David himself, these are stories that will make you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, from "the funniest man alive" (Time Out New York).

Features a range of patents for inventions that strain the boundaries of imagination, taste and any form of usefulness.

A compendium of quotable humour - 800 examples of that most loved discipline of verbal gymnastics, the simile. Broken down into subject categories from the sublime (love and life) to the ridiculous (bad hair days and dieting) it features quotes from Shakespeare through to present-day similists, such ...

Worried about what to do in the event of the dead rising from their graves and trying to destroy humanity? This title presents a list of what you need to know about zombies: how to recognise them, how to fight them and even how to classify them.

The Sunday Times bestseller from Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder!