As Democrats and Republicans prepare for election, the question of religious faith comes back to the fore, writes Matt Wells.

High definition movies have finally arrived in the UK in the shape of the first Blu-ray player from Samsung, the BD-P1000.

The AK-47 is one of the world's iconic weapons. The BBC talked to those whose lives have been affected by the weapon.

Scottish artist Callum Innes wins the prestigious £30,000 Jerwood prize for painting.

Neurotic realism is the latest art movement, but what does it mean. Come to that, what about Modernism, Minimalism and Outsider Art. BBC News Online provides a dinner party fraud's guide.