John Cleese previously turned down a CBE in the New Year's Honours. The actor achieved global fame as a co-founder of the comedy troupe Monty Python, starring in all four feature films. He is also ...

12:30, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 Updated: 12:30, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 John Cleese, 86, is part of the growing list of people voicing their concern at the BBC over its coverage of the ongoing protests in Iran. It ...

"Lock 'em up and throw away the key." The correctional establishment promotes long sentences bringing jobs for guards and sales for prison-services peddlers. Prison building proceeds apace. New ...

The human brain solves problems in a nearly perfect way, if you observe the biology of it from the perspective of a physicist. Biophysicist William Bialek, the final speaker in the “Evolving Brain” ...

Fetterman's new memoir, "Unfettered," details his political journey and his struggles with depression and anxiety following a stroke. The book describes his stubbornness. His family, according to ...