Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has given the first reading of her London 2012 poem to members of a historic sports club that was founded at the Olympic...
The childhood homes of former Beatles John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have become listed buildings, it was revealed this week. Heritage Minister...
Generally speaking, hash tags that trend on Twitter serve as chilling reminders that not everyone using the site are as caustic, witty or brilliant as...
Titian's masterpiece Diana and Callisto has been saved for the nation in a £45 million deal. The oil painting, one of a series of six created for ...
Boy wizard Harry Potter has lost out to The Wimpy Kid in a poll to find the best children's book of the last 10 years. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, US aut...
The Duchess of Cornwall has begged non-book lovers to begin a new chapter in their lives and start reading. Camilla, who says she has fond memories...
Last month, the death of Whitney Houston sparked an outpouring of grief from her fans and tributes from famous figures – and now, it has inspired a ...
Amy Winehouse's relatives have launched a search for a talented youngster to win a stage school scholarship in the singer's name. Following her dea...
We all ache to know what could have been. If only we'd caught that train, or took that job, or not acquiesced to that last flaming Sambuca... if on...
The papers of Second World War poet Richard (Dicky) Spender are expected to fetch up to £6,000 when they go under the hammer at Bonhams this month. ...
Sprinter Usain Bolt is swapping tracks for wax as sculptors race to immortalise the sprint star for Madame Tussauds. The Jamaican world record hold...
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds are getting a permanent home at the Tate. The gallery has snapped up around eight million of t...
SOURCE: Caters An artist has created this spectacular series of breath-taking fantasy landscapes - using thousands of assorted pieces from dozens o...
Eschewing traditional, boring materials like metal, marble or wood, artist Makoto Tojiki creates his sculptures out of something far more illuminating...
An biologist-turned-writer who wrote an account of rescued chimps in Canada has won the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Andre...
You could call it the last nail in the coffin for street art's underground credentials, or simply proof its biggest stars don't take themselves too se...
In what promises to be a remarkable year for sport, Chrissie Wellington is one of our most remarkable athletes...
Every now and then, a marketing executive in a big corporate firm has a Eureka! moment. Pens drop to the floor, ties get loosened at the neck and a...
For those who feel Justin Bieber is a little underexposed at present, fear not: a new book written by his Mother is set to reveal even more about the ...
To mark International Women's Day 2012, we're asking you to vote for the most iconic female writer of the past two hundred years. Naturally, we've ...
At HuffPost, we're kicking off an exciting new project and we'd love you to participate! It's called The Moment I Knew and is a user-submitted vide...
Model and actress Lily Cole is to become a TV arts presenter, visiting leading figures to watch them at work. The star, who has a degree in art his...
Source: ArtFinder Back in January, inspired by David Hockney, we attempted to create an artwork on the iPad – with, it must be said, immensely di...
Bridget Minamore is a 20-year-old writer and student from London who has won numerous poetry slams across the capital, including respected spoken word...
The oldest surviving film based on the works of Charles Dickens has been discovered after lying unnoticed in an archive for more than 50 years. The...
