Humour

'You know you're getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.' John Mendoza You might be getting a bit thin on top, plump at the middle and...

No matter how much we love our cats, they always remains slightly elusive characters. Unlike dogs, cats retain a stubborn independent streak, determined to do what they want when they...

This is a hilarious collection of email exchanges starring the anti-hero of spam, Bob Servant. Spam is the plague of the electronic age. It comprises 90 per cent of all...

This is the book dads across the world have been waiting for all their lives, whether they're on the verge of becoming a dad, or already knee-deep in kids. They...

July 6th 1895. Nanna wuldnt bleive me. Ettie wuldnt bleive me. Auntie Mercy wuldn't bleive me. But I got one. Now theyv got to blieve me." What young Angelica Cottington...

The only thing better than a cat? A cat in a sweater. Cats in Sweaters is a charming collection photographs featuring felines modeling their favorite cozies. Each that of these...

The comic who's a guy's guy is now a bookseller's dream. The star of ABC's Home Improvement, the #1 show on television, Tim Allen has written the book millions have...

"Yuck!" "Ewwww!" "NOOOOO!" Prepare yourself to yell all of these things when you read this spectacularly disgusting collection of the burpiest, fartiest, smelliest, squelchiest jokes around. Why did the baker...

Is It Really Too Much To Ask . . . For short people to finally admit they're shrubs? For Prince William to dress as Ronald Mcdonald? For children to learn...

Over forty years ago, a group of five Englishmen - and one wayward American - rewrote the rules of comedy. MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS, an unheralded, previously unseen half-hour show...

Henrietta was just a city cat until she ventured overseas with foreign correspondent Christopher Wren and his family. Over 17 years and tens of thousands of miles she became a...

Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the timeless joy of fishing. Paul Whitehouse and John Bailey have been devout fishermen for longer than they care to remember. A...

A charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour 102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris's eighth arrondissement. Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with...

In the sleepy seaside City of Sofia, the Local Government and the Community Garden find themselves targeted by relentless public attacks in the media, backed up by blackmail and extortion....

Brought to you by YouTube Vlogger Alfie Deyes, The Pointless Book is the ultimate addition to his YouTube channel a weird and funny video-dairy of fun, challenges and nothingness. Fully...

Tips and ideas to help you survive your uni years, from freshers week to final exams You've been waiting for the time you head off to university since you started...

You know you're having a senior moment when you decide it's time to pull up your socks - and realize you forgot to put any on! Age is just a...

Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These are questions that have sporadically interested people since the dawn of time, but whose answers have continually...

Unleash your creativity and your filthiest language with this irreverent colouring book for adults When the pressure's on, the stress is building and you have nowhere left to turn, there...

Full of senior sagacity and elderly erudition, this hilarious survival guide is on hand to show you that it really is the life in your years that counts Now that...

This hilarious instruction book is here to help you accept that being a dog parent is not a choice, but a lifestyle Your dog rules your home and your heart....

Just like a valuable antique, your smooth finish may have become a little lined and your legs may creak from time to time . But don't worry: even if you...

Adrian Chiles's weekly column for the Guardian has gained a cult following for his unique insights into everything from the present tense in history podcasts to his favourite spoon, or...

TikTok sensation Katie Kennedy, aka @TheHistoryGossip, serves up a delicious blend of fascinating, witty and salacious history tea for every day of the year. With infectious wit and historical insight,...

What's the worst that can happen? Are there aliens out there somewhere? What happens when I die? In Do You Know What? , Britain's favourite sportsman-turned-comedian-slash-leftfield-thinker Freddie Flintoff expels an...

'Leon often said he'd like to write our story. Now, I'll do it for him.' As founding cast members of hit television show Gogglebox , Leon and June won the...

Give up alcohol you say? For charity? Why, of course they can! Talk about an easy challenge! Five old friends set about this simple task and find all of a...

It's time to put down the hammer and take up the nappy pins! Climbing a mountain or building a house might be admirable manly pursuits, but but nothing beats soothing...

The creator of the breakout Instagram account, @JustSkrmetti, comedian Ellen Skrmetti shares stories behind her wildly popular "Hey Jesus, It's Me" sketches of a middle-aged, southern-woman's focus on mamas, menopause,...

A compendium of slimy and repulsive facts from the authors of DOES IT FART? What is hyena butter, and would you want to put it on toast? A hagfish can...

"Highly recommended. I think it will make children wriggle with delight" Stephen Fry If I ever find myself holding a gecko . . . I'll lecko. Forget what you think...

This is not a book that will help you grow (or raise) a human successfully. But this is a book that might, if you're not too emotionally battered - and...

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to...

In this exhaustive celebration of the Python Phenomenon, Kim 'Howard' Johnson offers insights into their careers and working methods through outlines, plots, anecdotes, interviews and individual profiles, drawing on his...

Hello, I'm Stephen Fry. Now time for the first outing of a brand, spanking new feature here on The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music... putting some unsuspecting figure...

'A major talent' Irvine Welsh 'Remarkable, beautiful, magic. Like Ulysses for those who can't cope with reading Ulysses' Paolo Hewitt 'We're all in the gutter but some of us are...

Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of a contortionist in wartime Doncaster to the dizzy heights and...

The global war on terror is raging out of control. The president is popping Prozac. And the #1 selling videogame in 2011 America is the terrorist-simulator "Infidel Massacre: Los Angeles."...

Is The Sound of Music insensitive to deaf people, or The Barber of Seville cruel to the follicly challenged? In this age of gender fluidity, is the title Guys and...

Hilarious spoof letters from the king of correspondence Ted L Nancy continues his gently surreal correspondence with the great and the good. His hilarious and bizarre letters - as before...

Aussies love a road trip. Packing up the ute and slogging for hours or days to get to some town that's only slightly less sh*t than where you came from...

'You don't need to like bikes to love this book. I laughed, I cried, I smiled. Truly, one of the best series of books I've ever read!' 'This is my...

From YouTube star and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays in the vein of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby and...

An anthology of humor writing by the producer of such programs as The Ben Stiller Show is published to benefit the non-profit organization 826 National and features entries by such...

A memoir that begins with Phil Gifford's personal story, followed by portraits of (mostly) sportspeople Phil had a genuinely close connection with, to the point where he can tell stories...

When our politicians are too busy playing musical chairs to run the country, our cricketers are doing suspicious things with sandpaper, and a murderous starfish with twenty-one arms roams freely...