Monty Python's famous fish-slapping dance ended up saving Sir Michael Palin from gun-toting Venezuelan paramilitaries, the comedian has revealed. Palin, 82, had been shooting his Channel 5 documentary ...

What value does a fish-slapping dance have when travelling in authoritarian countries? Quite a lot, as it turns out… Pole to Pole, 1991. Roof Class on The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, ...