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This Dickensian yarn of a celebrity writer heading for a fall combines the bling of an airport bestseller with an insider’s grasp on high culture

One hundred years ago, wealthy Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Why is popular culture obsessed with this horrific case?

Meet the best gay character youve never heard of.

Now in its 38th year, the Vermont International Film Festival that starts this week is the first with Steve MacQueen as executive director.

Documentarians Ned Castle and Matt Day didn't want their film about three Special Olympics triathletes to be overly sentimental or, as Castle put it, "inspiration...

A huge new Disney exhibition, a celebration of Terry Pratchett, and Diana Ross performs live.

Kurt Thoma had been on the job for all of three months when calamity struck. In April, he was installed as executive director of the...

The must-hear rap song of the day

Massive early success ended in tragedy for novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton as Mark Farrelly will explore as he returns to the Grove Theatre, Eastbourne on May 20 with his acclaimed one-man show, The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton.

The DJ and podcaster has written her second novel, but she’s still ‘scarlet’ at the prospect of being called a writer