Timeghost 12: Horse face or monkey face?

Craig and Martin also touch on such elevated cultural topics as the mile high club, Coldplay and The Vagina Monologues

Timeghost 11: Craig's ideal lover and the impending crisis in fashion

We find out a bit too much about Craig's private life

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Amnesty flexed some serious comic muscle at this year's ball as the charitable message was relegated to a supporting role

The new queens of comedy

Too fragile to be funny? No way - the two most hilarious comics in the world are women, says Caitlin Moran

It's no joke: Lenny Henry to play Othello

In an unexpected career move, the comedy great is to play Othello in a touring production of the Shakespeare tragedy

Robin Williams to entertain Prince

The veteran Hollywood comedian is returning to the UK stage for the first time in 25 years for the Prince of Wales's 60th

Timeghost 10: Francis Bacon and the glorious new soccer season

Scary art and the joys of going to the footer

My must-sees: Russell Howard

Pardon our French

Britain's best loved comedy duo, who are bowing out with their London stage show, tell Dominic Maxwell why it has to end

The Web watcher: Walliams and Lucas launch FunnyorDie.co.uk

The Web watcher

Timeghost 9: A sense of embarrassment unites Britain

Craig and Martin tackle the whole of creation and violent scouse wordsmiths

Frank Skinner: back in the saddle

After ten years away, the comedian feared that he no longer had what it took to perform stand-up. In an extract from his new book, he candidly...

Frank Skinner is back on the road

The television star and comedian has quit the womanising and the booze - but not the stand-up. Dominic Maxwell met him

Ed Byrne

The Irish comic is on the brink of brilliance, but tends to undersell his excellent material and needs to get his hands dirtier

Timeghost 8: Darwinism & nasty Liverpudlian Poets

Craig and Martin tackle the whole of creation and violent scouse wordsmiths

Satirist's 'poofter devils' attack on Pope

Italian comedienne Sabina Guzzanti accused of breaking the law after she criticised Pope Benedict XVI at an opposition rally

Timeghost 7: Tracey Emin & a terminally ill pussy

Craig and Martin attempt to tackle the whole world of taboo that is Tracey Emin

Just who is Russell Brand?

As the comedian comes to attention in the US on the back of his controversial turn hosting the MTV awards, we look back on Russell Brand's rise to...

Brand calls George Bush a 'retard'

The comedian courted controversy' calling the President a "retarded cowboy" and backing Obama at MTV awards

Enfield and Whitehouse aim to make people laugh

Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield are to be celebrated for the quality of their characters, not for being revolutionary