The self-described 'business Barbie' talks to Chloe Hamilton about her plans after narrowly missing out on the £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar

Man of Steel director Zack Snyder reveals that DC Comics’ best-known heroes will meet on the big screen – and will be fighting each other

The novelist Martin Amis has described his famous surname as a “burden”. In a Radio 4 interview, the son of the author and poet Kingsley Amis suggests his surname has damaged his career and says he wishes he had put “greater distance” between himself and his father.

Science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card is leading opponent of same-sex marriage

A legal battle has erupted over a spoof publication which imagines Pippa Middleton’s advice on pregnancy and parenting.

Cockatoos can crack tough puzzles and even unpick locks to reach a reward, scientists have found. 

According to a new survey, people from the North aren't very keen on Londoners

More pupils are choosing arts subjects over chemistry, physics and maths. But a new initiative aims to bring scientific topics to life – and help secure our economic future. Will it help? Chloe Hamilton reports

Muscular dystrophy group campaigns to fix myriad frustrations with concert experience

Children forced to perform under threat of whipping