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Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard: ‘We were considered toxic. My job is to try and knit being trans into society’
The actor and comedian is surprised by the speed with which her pronouns were adopted. But she still has to endure transphobic abuse
Six Minutes to Midnight: Who do you think you are kidding, Eddie Izzard?
Not even Judi Dench can save writer and star Izzard’s prewar romp from drab mediocrity
Eddie Izzard: ‘I’ve been promoted to she, and it’s a great honour’
The actor and comic on making her pronouns permanent and shouting down abuse
Eddie Izzard to use the pronouns ‘she’ and ‘her’
Stonewall praises comedian for her bravery after announcement on Sky Arts show
Terry Jones was the John Lennon of comedy
The Monty Python founder had the idea of dropping punchlines for an absurdist style
Abominable: A decent, gag-filled adventure for the kids
Review: The third Yeti-themed animation in 12 months includes some screen magic
Rob Brydon: ‘I don’t mind being the butt of the joke’
‘Swimming with Men’ gave Brydon a chance to learn the art of synchronised swimming
Eddie Izzard: I like to think I kicked the trans door open
The actor knows all about standing up for his principles. Can he take that to Westminster?
Victoria & Abdul review: We are barely amused
Stephen Frears directs Judi Dench in passable middle-brow entertainment
Eddie Izzard: Comic fights back over homophobic abuse
Man convicted over threat to ‘do’ comedian’s house and shouting in street he was a ‘poofter’
Al Porter: ‘The most manly thing I’ve done lately? Sleeping with a woman’
How to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talks to comedian Al Porter about being the son of a sergeant, growing up gay and what it means to be ‘manly’
Tipping Point: Electric shocks all the rage in an era where 26 miles is for wimps
Man-against-nature battles are the ultimate proof that, yes, people really are bored
Laura Slattery on . . . being good enough
‘It must be lovely to be able to say ‘this is it, if this isn’t good enough for you, then screw you’’
David Bowie: Tributes pour in for the ‘master of reinvention’
Comedian Eddie Izzard calls on all radio stations to only play the singer’s music today
Beyond the binary: what does it mean to be genderfluid?
Public figures such as Ruby Rose and Jonathan Rachel Clynch are challenging our idea of transgender people as ‘trapped in the wrong body’
Bill Bailey: ‘I’ve never done a room with so many brilliant hecklers’
After his six-night stint in Dublin in 2008 Bill Bailey has a soft spot for Ireland. Which is why the comedian’s starting his new tour here. But he doesn’t expect Chris de Burgh to come
UK election: Frenetic day of campaigning as D-Day looms
Prospective coalition excluding Lib Dems would fail by year’s end, claims Nick Clegg
UK election: ‘Violent emotion’ of nationalists condemned
Labour leader Murphy and comedian Izzard driven from stage by Scottish hecklers
Robin Williams: Obama leads tributes to actor and comic
Star last seen alive at house he shared with wife at about 10pm on Sunday
Williams’s lunatic invention set the template for generation of comedians
Actor had never hidden from his addictions and demons – sadly they caught up to him
Noah’s arc: from Apartheid to biting jokes about race
Having grown up in South Africa with a black mother and white father, comedian Trevor Noah has a wide perspective on life
Jokes don’t travel? Germans aren’t funny? Don’t make me laugh
The comedian Eddie Izzard has exploded the myths that jokes can’t travel and that German humour doesn’t exist
Tell Me About It: Am I manly enough to get a girlfriend?
There are some masculine attributes most men have that I don’t have
25 years in the funny business
It’s a small, dark place, with no microphone and it’s not even in a basement – so what’s the secret to the Comedy Cellar’s success?
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