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The hill I will die on: Marmite is an insipid English imitation. Vegemite is the true Aussie hero

Marmite asks: ‘Do you love me or hate me?’ Vegemite couldn’t give a stuff. It’s as dry as our Aussie humour, and I wouldn’t have it any other way, says comedy writer Kathy Lette

The Guardian - UK

London mauling: Kangaroos return to rule roost with harsh lesson for England

Australia enjoy a field day swatting away rivals in latest punt of NRL’s mission to make rugby league a global sport

The Guardian - UK

The A to K of vitamins: what you need and where to get it

The late, great comedian Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame) once spoke whimsically about the health benefits of kale. Just one fistful, he joked, contained enough essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements to keep you in a sedentary position in the bathroom for two whole days. Apparently, it wasn’t tasty…

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Pair of Barry Humphries’ Dame Edna Everage glasses auctioned for £37,800

His personal collection totalled £4,627,224 at auction, according to Christie’s auction house.

The Independent UK

Laurie Holloway obituary

Composer, pianist and musical director on popular TV shows such as Parkinson and Strictly Come Dancing

The Guardian - UK

Dame Edna Everage spectacles among items in Barry Humphries auction

Christie’s will auction Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection in London on February 13 next year.

The Independent UK

Friday essay: artists, radicals, ratbags: Melbourne’s lost 1950s bohemian hub, the Swanston Family hotel

1950s Melbourne hosted an exciting bohemian scene, one that championed unconventional thinking. Within that community there was a general disregard for social norms and traditions. This artistic counterculture, full of intellectual freethinkers and early feminists, was particular to Melbourne, and can be seen in the various places where artistic and…

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Ian Davidson obituary

Comedy writer and performer who collaborated with Barry Humphries for more than half a century

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s been a thrill!’ My first time at the mind-boggling Melbourne comedy festival

At the world’s biggest barrel of laughs, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Rose Matafeo rub shoulders with homegrown stars-in-the-making. Our writer has the time of his life

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Gatekeepers; Million Dollar Lover; Radical Empathy and the Devil; Barry Humphries: Gloriously Uncut – review

How social media companies have become the new information gatekeepers; a gripping real-life love affair – or is it?; a psychiatrist reflects on her work with violent offenders; and remembering the late, great Steve Wright

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity deaths in 2023: Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck among the notables we lost this year

Locally, Chicago mourned the loss of Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati, Dick Butkus, Harry Porterfield, Bill Zehme and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dermot O’Leary recalls being mistaken for Phillip Schofield by Barry Humphries in hilarious This Morning clip

O’Leary reflected on the viral moment when Humphries mistakenly congratulated him for ‘coming out’

The Independent UK

Barry Humphries remembered by Melvyn Bragg

The broadcaster recalls a true original who immersed himself in the roles of Dame Edna and Sir Les, and was a complicated mixture of vaudeville character and private intellectual

The Guardian - UK

Church of England’s blessings are heavily in disguise for same-sex couples

Before getting too excited about the CofE’s ‘prayers of love and faith’ it’s worth reading the ecclesiastical small print

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King Charles III Lightly Roasts Late Comedian Barry Humphries

King Charles III humorously remembers late comedian Barry Humphries, expressing his discomfort at Dame Edna Everage's royal prank. Tributes flow in.

Evening Standard

King Charles leads tributes to Barry Humphries at state service at Sydney Opera House

Charles said he has been ‘deeply saddened’ by the entertainer's death

The Guardian - AU

Barry Humphries remembered as an ‘interstellar’ talent at Sydney Opera House memorial service

‘He loved to torment his audiences but it was from a place of love’, his son Rupert said of his father

The Independent UK

King Charles pays light-hearted tribute to comedian Barry Humphries at Sydney memorial service

King Charles III has paid a light-hearted tribute to the late Barry Humphries, who was remembered at a state memorial service in Australia

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Kingly tributes hail comedic legend of Barry Humphries

Life won't be the same without Barry Humphries, King Charles has said in a message at an Opera House memorial service for the hugely popular actor and comedian.

The Guardian - AU

‘He was a great observer’: Barry Humphries’ paintings go on display

The entertainer’s close friend, the artist David Dridan, amassed 20 of Humphries’ works over his lifetime, which are being shown for the first time

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Public invited to Barry Humphries' Opera House memorial

Australia will farewell Barry Humphries in style at the Sydney Opera House, with limited tickets publicly available this week.

The Independent UK

Alison Hammond’s greatest moments, from toppling sailors to cracking up Harrison Ford

Just a few of the iconic TV moments the Brummie star has given us over the years...

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown’s Boys to include ‘goodbye’ to Dame Edna Everage and Paul O’Grady in new series

Mrs Brown’s Boys is returning to BBC One and the new series will pay tribute to Barry Humphries and Paul O’Grady – AKA Dame Edna and Lily Savage

The Guardian - UK

‘I still smile when I think of him and that pesky emu’: your favourite memories of Michael Parkinson

From uproarious laughter to lovely personal encounters with the broadcaster, here are Guardian readers’ fondest reminiscences of the legendary chatshow host

The Guardian - AU

The chaos, generosity and genius of Margaret Olley – ‘one of Australia’s best loved artists’

As the 100th anniversary of Olley’s birth approaches, art dealer Philip Bacon recalls her friendship with Barry Humphries and how ‘tough’ she could be

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