Billy Connolly’s most intimate interview yet (by his wife): ‘Comedians never used to worry about what was correct to say. You said it, and soon found out’
Only one person can get to the heart of who the Big Yin is – his partner and carer, psychotherapist Pamela Stephenson Connolly. He talks about how Parkinson’s has changed him, what he misses from being on tour, and living in a hotbed of Trump supporters in Florida
October 2019
Sexual healing
I only get pleasure by squeezing my thighs together – will I ever enjoy sex?
I do not enjoy sex at all – and can only masturbate this way. Can I learn to move on?
July 2019
Sexual healing
I left prison a virgin after 28 years. Now I am struggling to have sex
I have met two women since my release and been unable to perform. I am convinced that years of masturbating has ruined me
June 2019
Sexual healing
My wife says sex makes her feel violated, but she won’t talk about it
Asking about it usually leaves her sobbing and accusing me of pushing her too far. I want to know why she gets so upset
December 2018
Sexual healing
My wife and I have started swinging, but I struggle to get an erection
It is new and exciting, but I experience performance anxiety
October 2014
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 17 October 1980: Pamela Stephenson's biting wit
Originally published in the Guardian on 17 October 1980: The crazy world of the Not the Nine O’Clock News star and Comic Strip standup performer
December 2013
I haven't recovered my pre-Strictly Come Dancing grooming
Pamela Stephenson Connolly
Pamela Stephenson Connolly: Natalie Gumede complains the costumes are too revealing. I'm cut from a different cloth
July 2013
Sexual healing
Prostate cancer is affecting my sex life
I'm having erectile difficulties because of my illness but am too shy to take it up with my doctor. What should I do?
January 2013
Billy Connolly: 'I hate going on holiday'
Pamela Stephenson Connolly hadn't been away with her husband, Billy, for 30 years. Could she convert him to the pleasures of a beach holiday?
November 2012
The Q&A
Q&A: Pamela Stephenson Connolly
'Cat or dog? Neither. Affection-stealing bastards'
September 2012
Laughing stock: the week in comedy
Peter Cook and Frank Sidebottom rise again – and Airplane flies to the top of the polls
Brian Logan
Brian Logan: As cult comics speak to us from beyond the grave, Julian Clary and Airplane display their enduring popularity
April 2012
TV tonight
TV highlights 17/04/2012
Meet The Romans With Mary Beard | The Mighty Mississippi With Trevor McDonald | I Woke Up Gay | Mad Men | Later Live – With Jools Holland | Pamela Stephenson: The Fame Report
March 2012
Observer New Review Q&A
Billy Connolly: 'My ambition is to be regarded as a nuisance'
The comedian tells Lisa O'Kelly about how his 'doodles' have ended up in art gallery, his waltzing wife and cowardly hecklers
June 2011
How to own up to an STI
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise. If you do have one, there are ways to save your blushes and protect your partner's health
December 2010
Pamela Stephenson Connolly: 'I did my best for oldie power'
As she comes down from the high of the Strictly finals, Pamela Stephenson Connolly says farewell to her fantasies and her crush on her dance partner – and reveals what learning to dance meant for a sexagenarian
Strictly Come Dancing has good chance of being won by Pamela Stephenson
Pamela Stephenson Connolly, 61, in final for Strictly Come Dancing, up against Kara Tointon and Matt Baker
Strictly Come Dancing final: Pamela Stephenson Connolly and James Jordan
Strictly Come Dancing steps up the XXX factor for final
Pamela Stephenson Connolly's Strictly diary
My Strictly diary: what should I do with all the frocks?
November 2010
Pamela Stephenson Connolly's Strictly diary
My Strictly diary: Hapless hose
I had an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction on Saturday night
