Unlike the Angry Young Men, who exercised their spleens against a rotten and unjust world, the Sad Young Girls find the world deliciously sad—and despairing about it is a jolly good way to enjoy it.

Tragicomedy, as a genre, has existed for more than 23 centuries. It paradoxically blends the sad and the funny, proving that things are rarely just black and white. Seriousness as well as ...

What sort of festive music goes with that? Turns out, there are more than a handful of “sad” holiday songs written about the not-so-fun parts of the season. We’re taking a look at 30 of them ...

Grant has described the film as "extremely funny, but very sad." The "Love Actually" star, 64, told the BBC last year there had been "no obvious role" for him in the film. But producers had ...