Dame Helen Mirren rules out returning to the role of the Queen for Peter Morgan's forthcoming Netflix drama, The Crown.

Green balloons are released at a ceremony celebrating the life of singer Lil' Chris, who died last month.

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami makes the shortlist for 2015's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, alongside newly-translated authors from Equatorial Guinea and Colombia.

Two newly discovered sketches by the French artist Paul Cezanne are to go on display in Philadelphia.

A new report by Ofcom finds the UK's domestic channels all met or exceeded targets for the amount of programmes with subtitles, audio transcription and signing in 2014.

Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American humour.

Leading choreographers including Akram Khan say UK contemporary dance training is "an obstacle", leaving dancers less equipped than students trained internationally.