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Mammoth series two review – it is a subversive thrill to laugh at these offensive jokes

Mammoth series two review – it is a subversive thrill to laugh at these offensive jokes

This old-school sitcom about a PE teacher who wakes after being frozen since the 70s is an impeccably deadpan send-up of masculinity. But it hits hardest when this unreconstructed man turns out to be right about life today You can lay the demise of political satire at the door of stranger-than-fiction governmental turmoil. You can attribute the disappearance of pop culture pastiche to a fractured zeitgeist and the thinning out of the artistic mainstream. Yet there’s no obvious reason for the scarcity of jokes about contemporary society in comedy. Maybe it has something to do with the decline of the sketch show; perhaps it’s simply because there’s far less funny stuff on TV in general (during the 2010s, the BBC’s comedy output almost halved ). Whatever the reason, when we get a chance to laugh at modern mores, we should probably take it. Re-enter Mammoth, an old-school sitcom from the Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins. The 53-year-old stars as the eponymous Tony Mammoth, a PE teacher who was buried by an avalanche on a school skiing trip in 1979. A quarter of a century later he was unearthed – nice one, global warming! – with his middle-aged body and dated values perfectly preserved. Yes we can laugh at this swaggering alpha’s outmoded tastes and borderline offensive views. But the beauty of this series is that the comedy flows both ways: when Mammoth looks aghast at the things that pass for normal in 2020s Britain, it can be hard to deny that he has a point. Continue reading...

Drunk ‘twerking’ female cop ‘squeezed colleague’s breasts and grabbed male officer’s genitals’ at party

Drunk ‘twerking’ female cop ‘squeezed colleague’s breasts and grabbed male officer’s genitals’ at party

A “TWERKING” woman cop squeezed a colleague’s breasts on a dance floor, a misconduct hearing was told.  Drunk PC Pamela Pritchard also allegedly grabbed a male officer’s genitals through his trousers at the 2024 leaving do at Caernarfon Rugby Club.  She is also claimed to have used “insulting and inappropriate language” towards two colleagues and tried to kiss a...

Indonesia floods - Houses destroyed, land inundated as locals deal with aftermath in Solok

Indonesia floods - Houses destroyed, land inundated as locals deal with aftermath in Solok

"Heavy overnight rains triggered powerful flash floods in West Sumatra’s Solok, destroying homes and burying vast stretches of agricultural land under mud and fallen logs on Sunday. Drone footage shows homes half-submerged in thick mud, roads cut off, and large tree trunks scattered across fields and between damaged buildings. Residents were seen walking through waist-deep sludge, navigating broken electricity poles and collapsed structures. Residents were forced to evacuate to temporary shelters while waiting for logistical support to arrive. Natasha, a traveller from Bali who is running an emergency public kitchen in the area, said: "We came here after seeing a post saying that two or three days ago, there was still no assistance, so we decided to come." "For this relief effort, we are using our personal funds as well as donations from our followers on social media," she added. Weather systems that brought torrential and extended rainfall have wreaked havoc across Southeast Asia, killing over 1,100 people, including 604 in Indonesia according to media reports."