Sir Terry Pratchett and Sue Townsend are among the authors who have been shortlisted for an award celebrating the best comic fiction.

The popularity of songs streamed on services like Spotify will be measured in a new weekly top 100, compiled by the Official Chart Company.

A work by Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein sells for a record $45 million at a New York auction that also sees an Andy Warhol portrait of Elvis Presley go under the hammer.

Matthew Wright's Channel 5 show is being investigated by the media regulator over a survey of offensive words.

The Beastie Boys have returned to the US album charts following the death of band member Adam Yauch last week.

Glee actress Amber Riley has revealed she is leaving the hit US show at the end of the current series.

Moneo, whose works include Los Angeles cathedral and the Atocha railway station, wins £40,000 arts prize

Norwich is named as England's first City of Literature by the United Nation's organisation, UNESCO.