CRAIG BROWN: As comedian Barry Cryer turns 85…A top birthday treat, complete with parrots!

Today, I had been planning to turn the tables on Barry Cryer. Every month, Barry presides over an Oldie magazine readers’ lunch at Simpson’s in the Strand, introducing each speaker with a limerick. If you’re lucky, he may even tell one of his parrot jokes, such as this one. A man goes into a pub … Read more