Funding is drying up and venues are closing – but from pagan folk to deep techno to raw noise, the underground music scene in the north-east is exploding

‘There were complaints that The Fat Slags stereotyped women as sex objects – but they were using their sexuality to get what they wanted, so it was quite the opposite’

It is Britain’s favourite type of humour, the go-to gag for everyone from Carry On stars to Bake Off hosts. But are fnarr fnarr jokes just another example of male sexual entitlement?

Tate Britain's exhibition devoted to the history of irreverent, bawdy art offers up precious few laughs, writes Laura Cumming