The founding editor of Elle magazine in the UK, Sally Brampton, dies at the age of 60.

Ukraine says it has recovered 17 paintings - including works by Tintoretto and Rubens - stolen from an Italian museum and worth more than €16m (£13m; $18m).

A "major overhaul" of how the BBC is run is expected to be unveiled by the government, including replacing its governing body, the BBC Trust.

The Black Eyed Peas have played together for the first time in five years at a free show in London's Royal Albert Hall, but singer Fergie did not attend.

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The four nominees for the annual Turner Prize are unveiled, including an artist specialising in sexual imagery and one who builds trains.

South Africa's national broadcaster introduces a quota system, requiring 90% of the music played across its radio stations to be homegrown.

Japanese online retail billionaire Yusaku Maezawa spends $98m (£68m) at two auctions of contemporary art in New York,.