Latest News

Cause of TOWIE star's death unknown, court told

A full inquest into the death of the 35-year-old has been set for December.

Paul O'Grady play set for national tour

Savage will open in Leicester in February 2027 and visit cities including Liverpool and Birmingham.

Newsreader Tina Daheley to leave Radio 2 breakfast show

The move comes just a couple of weeks before Sara Cox takes over the show in July.

UK NewsEntertainment

Sly stage version of The Traitors to lure audiences with five different endings

Play at Gillian Lynne theatre in London will cycle through versions with weekend crowds able to pick oneIn keeping with its well-earned reputation for cloak and dagger, the stage adaptation of the hit...

EntertainmentMusic

From tents to trebles: Edinburgh book festival to set author’s words to music

Works of Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie and more to feature in celebration of literature’s interplay with other art forms, says directorThis year’s Edinburgh book festival is expanding its slate of genre-b...

Married at First Sight Australia allegations 'disturbing', says country's watchdog

The claims also prompted a response from UK media regulator Ofcom, who called them "deeply concerning".

UK NewsEntertainmentMusic

Bonnie Tyler out of coma but remains in intensive care in Portugal

Welsh singer, best known for 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, had emergency intestinal surgery in MayWelsh pop star Bonnie Tyler is no longer in a coma but remains “very unwell” in intensive care...

South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91

Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies aged 91

The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illnessThe South African jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age o...

Zach Bryan review – colossal US country star converts the UK to his inclusive take on the rodeo

Anfield stadium, LiverpoolBryan challenges country’s macho messaging in emotional songs of breakups, addiction and pain, lapped up by a charmed stadium-filled fanbaseZach Bryan knows how to endear him...

Download festival review – Guns N’ Roses flop and Letlive thrive as metal’s biggest fest enters the future

Donington Park, LeicestershireOften criticised for booking the same old legends, the festival hosts a broad span of music’s heaviest genre, plus hip-hop, Indian folk – and, finally, its first female h...

UK NewsEntertainment

Savage, a play about Paul O’Grady’s rise to national treasure, to premiere in February

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Danny Beard to step into Lily Savage’s heels in Jonathan Harvey’s playFew showbusiness careers begin in a towering blond beehive in the gay pubs of Vauxhall and end with MPs...

Award-winning investigative journalist Roger Cook dies aged 83

The New Zealand-born reporter was credited with having invented the doorstep interview technique.

Linkin Park ignore the noise with triumphant set at Download Festival

Limp Bizkit and Guns N' Roses were the other headliners at this year's metal and rock extravaganza - we went along.

UK NewsPoliticsBusiness

From Bloomsbury to Whitehall: new play reimagines life of John Maynard Keynes

The Standard of Living by James Graham traces economist’s influence on British politics and cultureAfter exploring the rise of Rupert Murdoch and the emergence of Gareth Southgate’s England team, Jame...

PoliticsEntertainmentMusic

‘He understands soft power’: why Andy Burnham put music at the heart of his political identity

Oasis and Elbow have soundtracked Burnham’s byelection campaign and he got Liam Gallagher doing Manchester’s tram announcements. Will he keep banging the drum for music if he reaches Westminster?First...

US musician Oliver Tree dies in helicopter collision in Brazil

The singer-songwriter is among six people presumed dead in an air crash over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

UK NewsEntertainment

Photographer Don McCullin to focus on Vietnam for his final book

Exclusive: The work will feature some of the photographer’s most powerful images from his 70-year careerAfter more than seven decades of covering conflicts around the world, Don McCullin will return t...

'Idris Elba punched me and it was great fun'

Delilah O'Riordan, 14, says it was "great fun" filming stunts with the Hollywood star.

Ariana Grande review - glittering hits and powerhouse vocals in stunning return to stage

Crypto.com Arena, Los AngelesThe pop star’s first tour in seven years brought the house down with emotive ballads and clubby bangers delivered with saucy witIf faced with the choice to erase one’s mos...