Dancing With The Stars brought Fred Cooke a whole new audience – kids just can’t get enough of the funnyman. On the eve of a new tour, he tells Esther McCarthy how the show transformed his career.

‘Eighth Grade’ may have plenty laughs, but the film also gives an insight into anxieties for the selfie generation, writes Esther McCarthy

I’M from a town in Co Clare. If I was around in that town 50 years ago, and got it into my head to make a movie, I can’t imagine where I would start.

Comic Tim Vine was crowned king of the one-liners today after one of his gags was named the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.