Roger Lewis gets a behind the scenes look in to the inner working of the infamous Cambridge Footlights. New book recounts the drama club's history and alumni.

The Footlights has turned out star names including Stephen Fry, John Cleese, Douglas Adams, David Baddiel and many more ...

The actor and comedian is performing Hamlet in Hollywood through Jan. 31, and she stresses this is not one of her comedy shows.

The sketch show was ahead of its time, says co-creator Paul Whitehouse as its 30-year anniversary tour comes to Scotland.

Johnny Carson superfan Mark Malkoff wrote a new book detailing the life and career of the famous talk show host. Parts of the book detail Carson's dislike for the popular sketch comedy show "Saturday ...

When I was in college, I worked weekends at a Waldenbooks store. Before I returned to Shacknews in 2016, it was my favorite job ever: Working with colleagues I called friends, putting books into the ...

The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is a bit different. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll ...

Canada’s CBC sketch comedy series “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” parodied President Donald Trump reading a fictional children’s book titled “Quiet Piggy!” which was written and named after Trump’s ...

The Polycentric Republic: A Theory of Civil Order for Free and Diverse Societies, by David Thunder (Routledge, 220 pp., $43.99) “The modern sovereign state, though it may not exercise perfectly ...

The newest bookstore on Main Street has decidedly dark decor. The walls? Black. The ceiling? Black. The floors? A freshly restained dark walnut. It's a fitting choice for Thrillerdelphia, a bookshop ...

TASCHEN has launched a new book in collaboration with acclaimed architect, Tadao Ando The 594-page volume features 750 sketches and plans that spans Ando’s career The book, priced at $200 USD, is ...

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center ...