Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Grim Reaper arrives at a middle-class dinner party to collect his guests, only to face the most British of responses. Get your Playback Pick here! Watch Monty Python's The Meaning of Life here: ...

Fifty years ago, six mostly-British humorists fresh from injecting dead parrots and Spam into sketch comedy launched their first attempt at movie-making, jumping into cinema with a budget so low they ...