Chat show host and entertainer Paul O'Grady collects an MBE from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.

Amsterdam's infamous red-light district is to be recreated in central London's National Gallery.

From Chaucer to Carry On to Clary, Britons have long lapped it up. So to speak. And a master such as the late Humphrey Lyttelton made almost anything sound unspeakably filthy. How did he do it?

Actress and producer Natasha Wood has neuromuscular condition, but was determined that should not prevent her getting a new body.

Carry On films are 50 years old and are showing no sign of disappearing from our screens.

Graham Norton reveals the gossip from behind the scenes on the BBC's new talent search, I'd Do Anything.

White House hopefuls' daughters are taking centre stage to harvest the votes of the YouTube Generation.

A Roma settlement in Istanbul, said to be the world's oldest, is being transformed by the city authorities.

Actress Alison Steadman says it was a joy to reunite with screenwriter Andrew Davies for a new BBC drama.

England slump to 169-7 after a truncated opening day of the second Test with India.

England end day one of the first Test against India on 268-4.

Australia beat England by seven wickets in Antigua despite an innings of 104 by Kevin Pietersen.

The BBC Urdu service's Masud Alam reflects on how President Pervez Musharraf brings out the best in Pakistanis.

How our golf editor gave shots to a 10-year-old girl and lost

A Whiter Shade of Pale, a number one in 1967, is at the centre of a legal dispute. But what do the words mean?

BBC News meets a man who knows exactly what questions are being pondered by the nation.

Russia's top ballet and opera companies score many hits and a few misses too with their twin London seasons.

David Cameron has picked his Desert Island Discs - and revealed the only lyric he knows by heart is Benny Hill's saucy 1971 hit, Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West), a childhood favourite of the Tory leader.

Lewd jokes among the writers of sitcom Friends did not amount to sexual harassment, a court rules.

Who's who on the shortlist for the 2006 Whitbread Book of the Year.