From: BBC News on Mon, Jul 04 2011 5:44 PM

Scottish author Ian Rankin offers his assessment of the Star of Caledonia, the winning design in a competition to find a landmark for the Scotland-England border at Gretna.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 01 2011 8:41 PM

Columnist, broadcaster and former Conservative MP Matthew Parris talks to Matthew Stadlen about failing as a politician, going rogue and being a bit of a cold fish.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 01 2011 7:34 PM

There are more than 700 arts and music festivals across Britain this summer - but with public spending cuts biting, are council-planned events such a good idea?

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 01 2011 11:01 AM

Shia explained why this is the end of the road for his character Sam in Transformers.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 01 2011 7:55 AM

Hollywood actors Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Jason Bateman attended the premiere of their latest comedy Horrible Bosses.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:34 AM

Elijah Wood talks about his latest television show called Wilfred. He talks about the programme and his upcoming film The Hobbit.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jun 30 2011 7:51 AM

Soul singer Beverley Knight talks to BBC Breakfast about why she decided to make her seventh album entirely of cover songs.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 29 2011 9:40 PM

An exhibition of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s early photographic work from his time in New York is being exhibited in the city.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 29 2011 8:03 AM

Musicians from Pakistan, Russia and Nigeria describe what it is like to work on the streets.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jun 28 2011 1:25 PM

The former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox has been awarded with an OBE by the Queen.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jun 28 2011 9:12 AM

A host of stars attended the launch of singer Beyonce’s latest album, 4.

From: BBC News on Sun, Jun 26 2011 3:44 PM

In the latest in the Meet the Author series, the BBC’s Nick Higham talks to writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French about their latest thriller Blue Monday.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jun 24 2011 8:59 PM

Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as US TV’s scruffy detective, Columbo, dies at the age of 83.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jun 24 2011 6:43 PM

Choreographer Shiamak Davar and his team of dancers prepare for the Indian International Film Academy Awards, which are being held in North America for the first time.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jun 23 2011 6:07 PM

JK Rowling writes new Harry Potter material for website "Pottermore", and announces that her 7 novels are to be released as Ebooks.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jun 17 2011 10:06 PM

Actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has visited camps along Turkey’s border with Syria, where she met refugees who have fled the country since the beginning of the unrest.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jun 16 2011 7:01 AM

US singer Alicia Keys brings together some of the biggest stars in UK music for the Charity Concert Keep A Child Alive.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 15 2011 11:20 AM

British actor Andy Serkis, who’s reprising the role of Gollum for the new Hobbit films, discusses the beginning of shooting in New Zealand.

From: BBC News on Wed, Jun 15 2011 11:20 AM

Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz attended a press conference in Moscow for her latest film Bad Teacher.

From: BBC News on Tue, Jun 07 2011 10:37 AM

Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has been named as the new children’s laureate.