Crime writer Alexander McCall Smith becomes the latest contemporary writer invited to reinterpret the work of Jane Austen for a modern audience.

The first set of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2014 have sold out before the remaining 120,000 go on sale on Sunday.

More than £2.3m is raised for charity as dozens of Gromit statues are auctioned in Bristol.

An inquiry is launched after £2m of public money was used to buy Beatles memorabilia later revalued at £300,000.

Fewer children in the UK are reading in their own time and one in five says they are embarrassed to be caught with a book, a survey suggests.

Morrissey's autobiography is to be published later this month after the former Smiths singer resolves a dispute with his publisher.

The American Film Institute announces Jane Fonda will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award this year, following in the footsteps of her father Henry Fonda.

Pop star Miley Cyrus hits back at Sinead O'Connor, after the Irish singer warned her not to be exploited by the music business.