Artist Mark Leckey wins this year's Turner Prize for his works which include a film featuring Felix the Cat and Homer Simpson.

Work doesn't have to be a chore. For the second in our series on dream children's careers, Lucy Rodgers meets a man who never outgrew a childhood passion for building with Lego.

The iconic Lambretta scooter ridden by actor Phil Daniels in the film Quadrophenia sells at auction for far more than expected.

One of India's best-known artists, Paritosh Sen, dies aged 90 after a short illness in the eastern city of Calcutta.

MSPs unanimously approve the Scottish Register of Tartans Bill, which creates an official database in Edinburgh.

Some of artist Mark Rothko's most famous paintings have been reunited for an exhibition at London's Tate Modern.

A blasphemy case in Afghanistan shows the conflict between conservative Islam and liberal views of the country's Western backers, reports the BBC's Alastair Leithead.

Arsenal goes into the new season looking forward to a timely financial boost from the sale of apartments at its former stadium.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn tackled the big themes of Russian literature, writes Oxford lecturer Michael Nicholson.

The BBC's Pam O'Toole explores the case to ban Turkey's ruling AKP party as officials defend themselves of charges of turning the country into an Islamic state by stealth.

An east London council estate will not become a listed building despite a campaign by architects to save it.

The future of a unique Nottingham building is still uncertain after plans to build homes on the site were rejected.

Ad Breakdown looks at the dancing Thunderbird, and wonders if it's already destined to be this year's gorilla.

The man behind television's Grand Designs has said there is a glut of people building modernist "white box" houses after the success of the show. But are television shows changing the streets in which we live?

The Victorian Society is celebrating 50 years of trying to save the UK's 19th Century buildings. We love Victorian architecture now, but once upon a time their public buildings were being listed for demolition and their terraced houses were being gutted. What changed?

Mahela Jayawardene makes his 21st Test century as Sri Lanka frustrate England to reach 379-6 on the second day in Galle.

One of Scotland's most prolific architectural firms is to be celebrated in a new exhibition.

A new exhibition celebrating the life and work of architect Sir Basil Spence opens in Edinburgh.

Some of the most striking images from around the world this week.

Some of the most striking images from around the world on 5 October 2007.