These hilarious gems are packed with the kind of dry wit that makes you smirk, snicker, and maybe even question the true ...

When was the earliest recorded British joke? That was the question I wanted to answer in Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes and I have been travelling around the country visiting libraries and museums ...

Just when you think that you’ve got a grip on the culture, you’re pleasantly reminded why British humor has a legendary status around the world. The ‘No Context Brits’ social media project is a ...

If you’ve ever tried to crack a joke based on a pun or a play on words ... “Having taught younger American students, they take the British sense of humour to be Monty Python, by which they ...

Anglophiles abroad love the British sense of humour – but what does that actually mean? In a recent review for the paper, Jonathan Coe takes a scalpel to the satire boom and its aftermath to find out ...