Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

It is a whopping year for Monty Python, what with that reunion tour you may have heard about, alongside that 50 year anniversary that's been brushed under the carpet. As far as lumberjacklore goes, we ...

What value does a fish-slapping dance have when travelling in authoritarian countries? Quite a lot, as it turns out… Pole to Pole, 1991. Roof Class on The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, ...