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The DJ Who Brought America Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, and 'Cows With Guns'

After 55 years, Dr. Demento has finally retired from the airwaves.

Reason · May 24

Readers’ replies: why does a song sometimes get stuck in our heads – and what makes an earworm?

The series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores the sounds and music that play on repeat mentally – and how to escape their aural clutches

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8

OPINION - Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize if this Israel-Palestine deal works

Trump’s peace plan to end the conflict in Gaza is a magnificent achievement — he deserves his own hyperbole, writes Melanie McDonagh

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

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Tom Lehrer Dies at 97: Celebrating the Sharp-Witted Satirist Who Redefined Musical Comedy

Tom Lehrer, the Harvard mathematician and satirical songwriter, has died aged 97. Known for sharp wit and classic tracks like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.

International Business Times UK · Jul 30, 2025

Tom Lehrer obituary

Singer, songwriter and satirist who eschewed the limelight to return to teaching mathematics

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

It’s not all haggis and Scotch pies up here

Brief letters: Food at the fringe | A gardener’s worst nightmare | Well-informed voters | Remembering Tom Lehrer | Lionesses/Lions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

‘I’m hoping to be the world’s youngest dirty old man’: the wit of Tom Lehrer, by those who knew him

The musical satirist, who has died aged 97, was famously sharp and funny – but his contemporaries also remember his generosity and humility

The Guardian - US · Jul 29, 2025

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Cameron Mackintosh in tribute to ‘wry, generous and utterly original’ Tom Lehrer

The West End impresario said US song satirist Lehrer, who has died aged 97, ‘was a very special kind of genius’.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025

Tom Lehrer Satirized the National Security State From the Inside

The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.

Reason · Jul 28, 2025

Celebrated musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies aged 97

The mathematician and satirical songwriter was best known for his songs 'The Elements', 'The Masochism Tango' and the Cold War track 'We Will All Go Together When We Go'.

Euronews · Jul 28, 2025

Tom Lehrer Songs Experience Streaming Spike After Death: Why Vatican Rag, The Masochism Tango Still Hit in 2025

Tom Lehrer dies at 97; songs such as 'Vatican Rag' and 'The Masochism Tango' gain renewed attention through streaming and social media activity.

International Business Times UK · Jul 28, 2025

Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies aged 97

Tom Lehrer, a popular song satirist in the Fifties and Sixities, lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching maths at Harvard

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025

Trump’s mineral grab has all the elements of an earworm

Brief letters: Trumped by Tom Lehrer | The wrong don | Gulf names | Cork house | Doge

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

Tottenham, Manchester United and a tale of two bin fires

In today’s Football Daily: Respite for Spurs, on the pitch at least

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Manchester City v Newcastle and the fear of someone dropping a Pollock

In today’s Football Daily: Which club will revert to type at the Etihad?

MusicRadar · Dec 4, 2024

“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes

“Neil’s got a songwriting credit on an Oasis track? I can only assume I was on one of my big trips at the time but it just shows you how good his music was,” he says

Newcastle Herald · Sep 14, 2024

Monty Python's Eric Idle is the original Mr Brightside

The Life of Brian star is coming to Newcastle in November

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024

Tom Lehrer’s subversive wit and wisdom are still relevant today

Letters: Readers respond to Francis Beckett’s article on the great American singer-songwriter who gave up celebrity to teach maths

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The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

Small steps towards sustainable gardens

Letters: Chelsea flower show | 3D-printed bricks | Tom Lehrer | Saving on electricity | Electric boilers

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?

In the 1950s and 60s, his songs stunned and delighted listeners with their irreverence, wit and nihilism. Then he gave it all up to teach mathematics. Lehrer is still alive at 96 – so I went in search of answers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Did you solve it? That’s Mathematics!

The answers to today’s word and number puzzles

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Can you solve it? That’s Mathematics!

When wordplay meets numberplay

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Kit Hesketh-Harvey obituary

Writer, broadcaster and half of the renowned cabaret act Kit and the Widow

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2023

Nicholas Goldberg: Trump's view — How can I make money off it?

What's the difference between songwriter-satirist Tom Lehrer and narcissist ex-President Donald Trump? That's probably not a question you've ever thought to ask.

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