Ballet dancer David Wall, who became the youngest male principal in the history of the Royal Ballet, dies of cancer, aged 67.

The winner and runner-up of this year's BP Portrait Award are both artists who have painted portraits of their children.

Actor James Franco is the latest star to turn to a crowdfunding site in an attempt to fund a trilogy of movies based on his short story collection, Palo Alto.

Daniel Radcliffe impresses reviewers with his "understated" performance as a disabled teenage orphan in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017.

Sales of books jumped to a 2013 high last week, boosted by Father's Day, according to figures obtained by the book trade website, The Bookseller.

Sally Gardner, a dyslexic author once branded "unteachable" at school, wins the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her book Maggot Moon.

Superman movie Man of Steel follows its success in the US by topping the UK box office.