My diary Vol 1: The Python Years, has my thoughts on the last European referendum back in June 1975, when the British electorate was asked: Do you think that the United Kingdom should stay in the European Community?…

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Recovery going well. All good inside my chest. The hard thing now is trying to stick with the surgeon’s advice to take three months off, whilst fighting an unexpected and irresistible urge to get back to work…

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This 2014 snap of dialogue recording for Terry Jones’ movie Absolutely Everything, offers a rare sighting of one of the most important members of the Monty Python team…

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Michael talks to Tom Power on CBC Radio’s arts and culture radio program “Q” on the line from London about his travels to North Korea and the 50th anniversary of Monty Python…

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Travers Reid, without whom there would have been no Michael Palin Centre for Stammering in Children, sadly died last week.

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Approaching the fourth week since my surgery. Terrific team at Bart’s Hospital opened me up, had a look around…

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Michael discusses writing, Python and travel with James O’Brien on his Full Disclosure podcast…

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It’s an odd feeling to be facing the most invasive operation of my life when the sun’s out and I’m looking forward to a glass of chilled white…

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Five years ago, a routine health check revealed a leaky mitral valve in my heart. Until the beginning of this year it had not affected my general level of fitness…

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“Really quite enjoy flashing a naughty part of the body in a public place – and getting paid rather than arrested for it.”…

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