As It Happens

A radio programme by former poet laureate Andrew Motion exploring the impact of war wins the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.

Rock legend David Bowie is co-writing a stage show inspired by The Man Who Fell to Earth - including some new songs.

Residents say the community of Strathallan has been left "divided" over plans to host the T in the Park music festival there.

Lorna Luft on following her mother Judy Garland into show business

Manoel de Oliveira, the Portuguese film director believed to be the world's oldest film-maker, dies in Porto aged 106.

The editor-in-chief of Telegraph Media Group, Jason Seiken, is stepping down after 18 months in his role.

The Manchester arts venue that hosted the UK premiere of Reservoir Dogs and was the first to commission art by Damien Hirst closes later after 30 years.

The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton's award-winning, best-selling first novel, is one of 10 titles in contention for a £10,000 prize for debut novelists.

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger will perform Memory from Cats at this year's Oliviers, organisers announce.

A novel about a scout camping weekend that takes a scary twist wins the inaugural James Herbert award for horror writing.

Ed Sheeran sings a special song recorded for Sesame Street which teaches schoolchildren about different ways of talking.

One of the ferries that operates on and across the Mersey is given a makeover to commemorate the centenary of World War One.

A two-day auction of art, jewellery, furniture and clothing owned by the late actress Lauren Bacall raises $3.64m (£2.45m) in New York.

A Mersey ferry has been treated to a dazzle ship makeover as part of plans to commemorate the centenary of World War One.

The singer says she couldn't get out of bed for five months and could barely stand after contracting Lyme disease.

In celebration of London's Letters Live season, BBC Newsnight invited actor Clarke Peters to read a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler.

One of the world's most famous paintings, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, is at the heart of the new film Woman in Gold starring Dame Helen Mirren.

An archive of Victorian pottery designs is "saved" for Stoke-on-Trent following a £1.5m fundraising campaign.

Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, dies at her home in Spain following a "short but brave" battle with cancer.

China says it will create a "blacklist" of banned Japanese anime cartoons, and plans to punish firms that hosted violent and sexual clips online.