The wills of millions of famous Britons including Florence Nightingale and Winston Churchill are being published online for the first time.
Jane Czyzselska: Jessie J gets the Rock Hudson treatment
Sunday 22 April 2012
Why being gay is 'bad for business', even now
Owner: I'll never race at Grand National again
Monday 16 April 2012
The owner of one of the two horses that died after falling at the Grand National has vowed never to enter the event again.
Well, it is jubilee year... Queen's 'Greatest Hits' is Britain's best-selling album of past half-century
Monday 09 April 2012
Kings of camp rock join Beatles with two entries in Top 40 – but the Stones are nowhere to be seen
Britpop revivalists Viva Brother quietly announce their demise
Wednesday 04 April 2012
They were the “future of music”, the band with a quote for every occasion who would revive Britpop’s stadium-filling glory days.
Musicians' royalties up by 3%
Monday 02 April 2012
The success of British musicians abroad and the rise of digital services including iTunes and Spotify has seen the amount of royalties paid to UK songwriters increase.
Robbie Williams to become a father
Friday 30 March 2012
Robbie Williams is to become a father, as he announced his wife Ayda is pregnant.
Album: De La Soul's Plug1 & Plug2, Present First Serve ([PIAS])
Friday 30 March 2012
There's plenty to enjoy about this first release in ages from the De La Soul camp, concerning the rise and fall of a wannabe rap duo from Queens.
This Briton's got talent
Friday 23 March 2012
Hitmaker Simon Cowell tells David Walliams what it's like to be Britain's biggest pop maestro
Album: John Cage, The Number Pieces 6 (Mode)
Friday 23 March 2012
In a week replete with intriguing cross-pollinations of style and sound, this may be both the most deliberate, yet the loosest-sounding.
Britain's national rock anthem: Neil Young to record his take on God Save the Queen
Thursday 22 March 2012
Provoking the indignation of patriotic Americans and traditionalist Brits alike is something perhaps only a Canadian would so gladly risk, but then Neil Young has never been afraid of ruffling a few feathers with his music.
Album: Paul Weller, Sonik Kicks (Island)
Sunday 18 March 2012
Weller's renaissance is as heartening as it is unexpected.
Radio 4 to record the nation chatting
Friday 09 March 2012
"And he said... and she said... and then I said..." And then the BBC went and recorded the lot to broadcast on national radio.








