When you have a tour guide as engaging as Eric Idle, you’ll gladly go wherever he takes you. The writer and comedian best known as a member of the British sketch troupe Monty Python has curated an ...

Fifty years after “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Eric Idle never thought he’d still be talking about the cult classic film, much less a musical inspired by it. But here we are, as “Spamalot,” for ...

Eric Idle is addressing Monty Python’s money troubles and his “poor” relationship with his comedy troupe colleague John Cleese. In a new interview in The New Yorker, the 81-year-old discussed how he’s ...

“England, 932 A.D., a Kingdom divided …” If you’ve seen the musical “Spamalot” — and, going by box office figures, there’s a good chance you have — then you’ll know what comes next. A fish-slapping ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...