Humour

______________________________________A classic collection of the hilarious Reginald Perrin books: The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, The Return of Reginald Perrin and The Better World of Reginald Perrin, immortalised in two BBC TV series, now being repeated on BBC Four.

Climate change is upon us.

Comedian Jack Dee's hilarious account of how he became quite such a miserable git and a stand up comedian.

Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne, you might expect pensioners Terry and Monica Darlington and their whippet, Jim, to retire to a comfortable corner of their favourite pub.

Have you ever wondered how typewriters can rival commercial radio?

When two city girls embark on an afternoon of idle window-shopping in Worcestershire and end up buying a horse, their lives swerve gloriously off course.

A classic Blandings novel from P.

In the middle of the 1800s, Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer set out to write an ambitious guide to all the nations on Earth.

A classic Jeeves and Wooster novel from P.

Beyond a Joke is a celebration of comedy - one of the modern world's most dominant and compelling art forms - but it is also the story of comedy's dark side, homing in on the scandals that have surrounded some of light entertainment's biggest stars, and telling it as it is, featuring insight from one who was there at the time.

What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of flatulence?

All At Sea is a celebration of the epic absurd, an attempt to explain just how out of hand things can become from a very simple starting point.

He's one of America's most recognisable and acclaimed actors-a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing during his eleven years on M*A*S*H.

Dive into the wonderful world of Tommy Cooper!

One Leg Too Few will feature an extensive range of fresh interviews, previously unpublished archive material and a wealth of information about the most creative (and explosive) double act that British comedy has ever produced.

'My name is Arthur Smith, unless there's anybody here from the Streatham tax office.

Blandings is now a major BBC One television series starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall.

A Jeeves novelCaptain Biggar, big-game hunter and all round tough guy, should make short work of the two bookies who have absconded with his winnings after a freak double made him a fortune.

Blandings is now a major BBC One television series starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall.

We all know what it means these days to be a grumpy old man, because part of that role is to be outspoken.

Did you know that Jasons and Tracies crash more cars than Jacquelines and Damons?

'There's probably no God .

Are You A Geek?

It s hard to imagine a world where anything you could possibly want to know about and everything you don t even know you want to know about isn't accessible 24-hours a day, seven days a week, with just a few taps of our fingers.

The hilarious joke book from the Punslinger, Tim Vine, the undisputed king of the one-liner.

In this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road doing stand-up again, after many years spent working mainly on television.

A Jeeves and Wooster novelJust as Bertie Wooster is a member of the Drones Club, Jeeves has a club of his own, the Junior Ganymede, exclusively for butlers and gentlemen's gentlemen.

A Jeeves and Wooster novelThe beefy 'Stilton' Cheesewright has drawn Bertie Wooster as red-hot favourite in the Drones club annual darts tournament - which is lucky for Bertie because otherwise Stilton would have beaten him to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him.

Would you cheer if they sent you to Coventry?

The laugh-out-loud funny guide to surviving the Christmas season from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+CLASS IS DEAD!

God takes a look at the Earth around the time of the Renaissance and everything looks pretty good so he takes a holiday.

'This week the first pet passports came into effect.

In 1841 John Timbs wrote a book called Popular Errors Explained.

Andrew Collins was born 37 years ago in Northampton.

If blockbusters make money no matter how bad they are, then why not make a good one for a change?

From a filthy flat in Tufnell Park to the starship Enterprise, it's fair to say that Simon Pegg's career didn't go quite the way he expected.

David Bennun had lived in Africa his whole life.

Did you hear about the scarecrow that won the Nobel Prize?

Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large animal who doesn't really want to.

This is a book for those who unashamedly want manners in the world.

______________________________The original bestselling autobiography by comedian, novelist and national treasure Stephen Fry.

In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick.

'F *** ing brilliant.

Stepping into the lower deck of Christopher Matthew's Triple-Decker Treat, we discover that not only can a Le Creuset casserole be very dangerous in the wrong hands, but so too can Pilates, open-air opera in evening dress, weekending in Wales with a pug, and pushing a trolley in Waitrose.

For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides.

What would lockdown internet sensation Britney Spears aka Jackie Weaver do?

The perfect Christmas present for dog lovers.

Approaching its 200th birthday in the rudest of health, the Spectator is known for the quality of its writing and the deep eccentricity of some of its writers.