A biography of the playwright August Strindberg, and an exploration of a Mumbai slum are the focus of two books competing for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

The tax arrangements of some public sector workers - including thousands at the BBC - have been criticised by a committee of MPs.

The South Korean singer, at number one with Gangnam Style, plans to release an English language song in November.

Abba's Agnetha Faltskog is preparing for a comeback, after a break of more than eight years.

British comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen is to develop a film inspired by a Hong Kong billionaire who offered $65m to any man who succeeded in marrying his lesbian daughter.

Skyfall, the new Bond theme sung by Adele, is number one in the iTunes chart 10 hours after being released in the early hours of Friday morning.

Bosnia's National Museum, founded in the 19th Century, is forced to close because of a funding crisis and political divisions.

Actor Alec Baldwin reveals he offered to take reduction in his salary to keep the NBC comedy 30 Rock on air.