Keanu and co: how celebrities became bestselling novelists
From Richard Osman and Millie Bobby Brown to the upcoming book by Keanu Reeves, celebrity novels are everywhere. What’s behind the boom? And how do non-famous writers feel about it?
December 2023
TV review
Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Hogmanay Fishing review – death hovers worryingly close
The books of my life
Bob Mortimer: ‘I wanted to write like Murakami but soon realised I didn’t have the talent’
November 2023
Bob Mortimer wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for his ‘mischievous’ debut novel
A pig will be named in honour of The Satsuma Complex, this year’s winner of the award for comic fiction
October 2023
Bob Mortimer and India Knight among shortlistees for the Wodehouse comic fiction prize
The comedian and the journalist join four others on the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse shortlist, which rewards witty writers with champagne and a pig named after their book
December 2022
Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?
The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics
October 2022
The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer review – the sleuth is out there
The much-loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart
September 2022
‘The comedy was a distraction’: Jim Moir on leaving Vic Reeves behind to paint rocks all day
TV tonight
TV tonight: tributes to Queen Elizabeth II
December 2021
Pinch of Nom narrowly beats Richard Osman to top Christmas book chart
The food bloggers’ fourth book Comfort Food outsold Osman’s second cosy crime novel by just over 1,000 copies
October 2021
This much I know
Bob Mortimer: ‘I’m comfortable with getting older, but I try not to look in the mirror’
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Allen Stanford: The Man Who Bought Cricket; Poison; And Away…; Athletico Mince
September 2021
And Away… review – how Bob Mortimer went from sidekick to standalone
An often moving memoir examines the comedian’s unlikely journey from Big Nights Out to riverbank ruminations with Paul Whitehouse
May 2021
Net profit: tackle shop sales soar as UK catches fishing bug in lockdown
Covid physical-distancing rules also reel in more women to apply for rod licence applications
December 2020
'Gone ballistic': village of Staithes basks in BBC fishing limelight
The watcher
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is like The Trip on statins
October 2020
'I had no idea how touching it would be': how a fishing show put men's health in focus
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing began as one friend helping another and has gone on to explore issues many older men might find hard to discuss
August 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: salmon fishing with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse
The amateur anglers return for a new series of babbling conversation and awe-inspiring scenery. Plus: Harry Hill’s World of TV. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2020
A whole new ball game: enter the bizarre world of Athletico Mince
Even sport-haters love Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson’s cult football podcast – which isn’t really about football at all ...
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
From apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest people of the era
