Actor Danny Dyer is to become the landlord of the Queen Vic, when he joins the cast of EastEnders this Christmas as "bloke's bloke" Mick Carter.

A survey suggests more than a third of museums and galleries cut staff numbers last year, while nearly half increased the number of interns and volunteers.

Paintings by LS Lowry, JMW Turner and Claude Monet are taken out of galleries and into schools in an attempt to introduce children to art.

A crown court judge throws out the case against a campaigner accused of vandalising a masterpiece by the English romantic painter John Constable.

House of Cards, Breaking Bad and other series broadcast exclusively on internet sites such as Netflix will be eligible for Bafta's TV awards next year, after changes to the rules.

YouTube is launching its first music awards show, which will be held on 3 November in New York with sets from Lady Gaga, Eminem and Arcade Fire.

The final episode of Breaking Bad sees the gritty drug drama draw its biggest audience to date, with 10.3 million viewers tuning in to US cable channel AMC.

An emergency fundraising campaign launched by a New York opera company fails to reach its goal, forcing it to cancel its current season and file for bankruptcy.