MANY of us, myself included, have tried and failed to keep a diary. For Monty Python star Michael Palin the desire to note down what he did each day dates back to his school days. “The spur I suppose ...

As Michael Palin prepares to perform in Glasgow as part of his first-ever solo stage tour, he talks to HeraldScotland about his diaries, Python days and why Edinburgh and Glasgow hold a special place ...

BOOK OF THE DAY: STEPHEN DIXONreviews Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988By Michael Palin Weidenfeld Nicolson 621pp, £20 THE EARLY 1980s found Michael Palin pondering on the meaning of Monty ...

A member of Monty Python is donating 22 years worth of his personal papers to the United Kingdom’s National Library, promising both scholars and the general public an inside look at the zany ...

The big break came with Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74). Palin, Idle and Jones teamed up with John Cleese and Graham Chapman, with whom he had appeared in How to Irritate People (1969), and ...