Thomas Heatherwick won worldwide acclaim when it was unveiled last year

About 20 names are missing from this year’s honours list because the people concerned did not want to be on it.

The Olympic Opening Ceremony will go head-to-head with Strictly Come Dancing and The Great British Bake Off at the TV Baftas.

Who doesn't love Boyle the Olympic hero? What a pity it's harder to like Boyle the director

She doesn’t look like someone you’d want to mess with

New album sells 94,000 copies since its release on 8 March

Two decades after choosing heroin over life, the stars behind seminal British film Trainspotting are set to return for a sequel, as the characters face a mid-life crisis.

I got knocked out a few times performing stand-up I did it early in my career as a way to express the punk attitude. [Allen fronted punk act the Atoms in the 1970s.] One night it would feel like I was sleeping with 127 virgins; the next night I'd get my arse kicked after making jokes about the Army. I got knocked out by soldiers twice. I'd get my own back by walking over seats and pissing on people.

The BBC is to premiere a string of shows on its online iPlayer service before they are shown on television.

The film studios where hits including Skyfall and Pirates of the Caribbean were made have submitted plans for a new £200 million expansion.

Conflict and paradox marked our imperial age. This masterly overview debunks many myths about it

But perhaps the director could have taken a stand and kept schtum about it

The Oscar-winning director has turned down a knighthood, and publicly. Good on him