Record labels sign deal to boost musicians’ pay
Mark Savage Music Correspondent PA Media Raye has been a key voice in arguing for better royalties for musicians and songwriters Songwriters and session musicians will receive better rates of…
How Jimmy McGovern created the storyline behind Unforgivable
Lauren Hirst BBC News, Liverpool BBC Jimmy McGovern’s latest work is set to be broadcast this week When award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern received a letter from a woman who worked…
Billy Joel feels ‘good’ after brain disorder diagnosis
Getty Images The singer-songwriter was diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus earlier this year Billy Joel says he is feeling “good”, two months on from announcing his diagnosis with rare brain…
Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion to go on show in Palace exhibition
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Getty Images The exhibition will mark the centenary of the birth of the late Queen Elizabeth II The changing fashions of the late Queen Elizabeth are…
Concert by Putin ally Valery Gergiev cancelled in Italy
The organisers of a music festival in Italy have cancelled a concert featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev after days of criticism from Kremlin critics and human rights campaigners. Gergiev, an…
YouTube should give more prominence to public service media content
YouTube should give videos made by channels like the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 more promotion to help tackle a “serious threat” to the UK’s public service broadcasting, according to…
Destination X presenter Rob Brydon inspired by Traitors’ Claudia Winkleman
Rob Brydon has said he was inspired by The Traitors as the Welsh actor prepares to return to screens as the host of a new game show. Destination X challenges…
Ulrika Jonsson hits back at people ‘offended by ageing face’
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Ulrika said she didn’t normally get many “nasty” comments on social media – but has this time Ulrika Jonsson has told people who criticised…
Comedian Fred MacAulay reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
Comedian Fred MacAulay has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 68-year-old previously told how he had been getting regular checks since his father and brother were both…
Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan’s film shows off NI scenery
Sarah Jane McEneny BBC News NI Vertigo Releasing Gabriel Byrne and Helena Bonham Carter star in Four Letters of Love alongside Pierce Brosnan Four Letters of Love may have a…