Oakley had an envelope, his wife said, 'and he just drew this bike on the back of it – and that was it'

The ruling ANC has demanded that a painting be removed from an exhibition because it seems to depict President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out.

James Bond has a new American publisher: Amazon.com.

And the winner is... nobody. The publishing industry's annual search for its latest Great American Novel ended with a resounding thud after it emerged there will be no Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the first time in 35 years.

The early American reaction to Nicki Minaj's follow-up to Pink Friday has been "mixed" – which is entirely appropriate, given that the album itself has an almost schizophrenic character.

1. Towns granted city status to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Simon McBurney brings dazzling technology to his Bulgakov adaptation but little clarity. A Sondheim evergreen, meanwhile, is as fresh as ever

1. Oprah Winfrey.

Star married 'on the spur of the moment'

Robert Sherman, who composed classic Disney songs such as Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and It's a Small World (After All), has died in London at the age of 86.

Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh

Oh! Let us be married, too long we have tarried’

Winter in the Eternal City provides the best chance to soak up the history without all the hassle. At least that's the theory

1. "Video Games", Lana Del Rey.