Sir Michael Palin reflects on the life of Terry Jones, his Monty Python castmate who has died at the age of 77 after battling with dementia.

Near an enchanted forest on a tiny island in the middle of Uganda’s Lake Victoria, live the last remaining guardians of a spirit that takes the form of a python. Legend has it that hundreds of ...

Bugala Island is home to Luwala, the python spirit (Credit: Bryan Kisembo Delon) Finding Bugala was easy: a ferry crossing of a few hours from Entebbe and I was standing on the island pier.

Michael Palin has described former co-star Terry Jones as "the spirit of Monty Python", following his death on Tuesday. Actor and writer Jones died aged 77 after suffering from a rare form of ...