One of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th Century is being honoured with a stamp years after she left a box of her work to a neighbour.

A 12-year-old boy who played a young Paul Ferris in the film The Wee Man becomes the youngest ever winner of a new talent Bafta.

China becomes the world's second-biggest movie market, displacing Japan, underscoring its importance as a key market for Hollywood's moviemakers.

The BBC commissions its first original dramas specifically for its catch-up service iPlayer.

A publication named Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop is named as the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year

Crime writer Lynda La Plante is awarded an honorary fellowship by the Forensic Science Society, while Philip Pullman is to be the new president of the Society of Authors

The Book of Mormon, the Tony-winning musical from the creators of South Park, has received largely positive reviews at its West End premiere.

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, regarded as the founding father of African literature, has died after brief illness.