Digital images of Geoffrey Chaucer's original manuscript for The Canterbury Tales are made available online for the first time.

A village museum in East Sussex goes up against Tate Britain and the new £35m Mary Rose Museum to be named the UK's museum of the year.

The site takes down Vulfpeck's album Sleepify, 10 tracks of silence, from the music-streaming service.

Veteran US actor James Earl Jones is to return to Broadway at the age of 83 in You Can't Take It With You, a zany comedy five years his junior.

Irish actress Pauline McLynn to have "recurring guest role' in the BBC One soap, playing Dot Cotton's daughter-in-law, Yvonne.

Broadcaster Graham Norton expresses reservations about succeeding Sir Bruce Forsyth as Strictly Come Dancing host, saying he is too "lazy" to do the job.

Singer Beyonce is the cover star for Time magazine's 100 most influential people issue, featuring Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and Steve McQueen.

A retrospective of fashion designer Alexander McQueen will open at the Victoria and Albert Museum next year.