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Gaten Matarazzo on life after Stranger Things as he makes West End debut

The actor opens up about finding his way in the West End as he makes his debut in a revival of Rent.

How a folk band, football club and Fifa 11 came together for an unlikely terrace anthem

After playing a bit of Fifa 11, Kingfishr leader singer Eddie Keogh posted a song in tribute to English League One club Wycombe Wanderers.

Paul McCartney's key sells for double the estimate

The star composed some of The Beatles' first songs in the Liverpool council house with John Lennon.

Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: 'It's just who I am'

The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".

BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours

The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.

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‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet

The Aussie trio explain creating their new record sampling kids’ science shows and Tunisian music – and their surreal film with Haley Joel OsmentLast December, Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, the cor...

Suffragette role 'a gift' says Beverley Knight

The Wolverhampton-born singer stars as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia the musical.

How boxing inspired a play about men's mental health

The play explores the difficulty some men have talking about their mental health and the support they can find in each other.

'I won Gladiators - now I'd love to become one'

Josh McDonald won the third season of the hit TV programme, which aired earlier this year.

Choral evensong has been on our airwaves for 100 years today. Long may this vibrant, thriving art form continue | Jonathan Davies

One hundred years since the BBC first broadcast choral evensong, MP and former chorister Jonathan Davies hymns a beautiful and empowering collective experience that we should praise – and protectSome...

‘You think you’re invincible, and you’re not’: Gretta Ray on sickness, surviving and finding her new sound

After a life-threatening infection, the Australian singer-songwriter has rebuilt her relationship with music – and her third album ‘sounds nothing like the last’The illness that almost killed Gretta R...

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King Charles and Elton John in the audience for Apple music workshop

Charles and Sir Elton visit an Apple x King's Trust Creative Labs music event offering industry skills to young people.

‘In the wake of death, Courtney Love was giving it her all’: Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur on her best photograph

‘This is Courtney doing her makeup on the ’95 Lollapalooza tour. I was documenting my generation being hijacked by corporate greed – and destroyed following the sacrificial death of Kurt Cobain’When I...

Freddie Jackson, romantic US singer with 10 R&B chart-toppers, dies aged 70

Celebrated for his earnest, dextrous voice, Jackson crossed into the pop charts with the hits Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) and You Are My LadyFreddie Jackson, the US singer whose smooth and ro...

Xbox bets on Gears of War in battle of gaming giants

Unlike other flagship titles, E-Day will only be available on Xbox at a time of rising console costs.

Noel Gallagher and Susan Sarandon among celebrities to sign Drumcree march letter

The letter, addressed to NI Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, calls on an international mediator to be appointed to find a resolution to the parade dispute.

‘Men are a scam!’ The trials of Danielle Ponder, the lawyer turned singer rooting for a better world

After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct“You can get everything you dreamed of...