Director Roman Polanski returns to Zurich to receive an award he was prevented from collecting two years ago, when he was held on US extradition warrant.

A "lost" Beethoven movement is to be performed for the first time in more than 200 years, after being pieced together from early drafts.

Three rare works of art left to a secretary by her deceased employer have sold at auction for more than £100,000.

The unauthorised biography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fails to make the UK bestsellers' chart after shifting just 644 copies in its opening days.

The National Portrait Gallery in London is offering visitors a night of movie star glamour to tie in with an exhibition of vintage Hollywood photos.

More than 65 million tickets were sold at UK cinemas this summer, but distributors predict a challenging 2012 as the box office competes against the Olympics.

Publishers Bloomsbury launch a new digital-only imprint dedicated to reviving out-of-print titles by deceased authors.

Online book and music retailer Amazon unveils a $199 (£130) colour tablet computer called the Kindle Fire.