When was the earliest recorded British joke? That was the question I wanted to answer in Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes and I have been travelling around the country visiting libraries and museums ...

Tea time alarm trend demonstrates ‘quintessential’ British sense of humour - The viral prank has left American social media ...

British humour is more intelligent than American humor - but American TV comedies are still more watchable, according to a study. Researchers from King's College London have found that the British ...

Ian Hislop examines the earliest examples of British humour. He begins his quest in the dark ages, not known as a well-spring of comic opportunity. Nevertheless, in the pages of the Venerable Bede's ...

The ‘unique’ and ‘ironic’ British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, according to new research from King’s College London.

The ‘unique’ and ‘ironic’ British sense of humour is a key reason why young Europeans watch UK-made television shows and films, according to new research. A report led by researchers at King’s College ...

and the British Library on a digital humanities project that aims to create an online archive of one million Victorian jokes.

"There are some jokes, like Anton Deck, which are very British," he said. "In the American screenings, there was complete silence apart from one Brit guffawing in the corner. "But we're very proud of ...