Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy ConnollyIn December 2018, after 50 years of belly laughs, energy, outrage and enjoyment, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from stand up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career. When he first started out in the late Sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Glasgow. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found

The citizens of Plainfield

East Jerusalem

about the Bengali legends of his childhood and about the world around him

What happens on the Orbis binds Carver and Borden together forever

about masculinity

even before he hears the man's story

Aimed at the enthusiast rather than the professional

Was Dresden a legitimate military target or was the bombing a last act of atavistic mass murder in a war already won

they both love springtime and commence the season with a party

cinnamon-infused stews

Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail

A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers