Arts & Entertainment

BBC launches inquiry into what working-class people like

THE BBC, having sewn up middle-class viewership with The Celebrity Traitors, is to launch a multi-million pound investigation into the tastes of the poor.

'Abject terror makes me horny,' he whispered: Jilly Cooper's unpublished bonkbuster about an affair with Thatcher

A NEW book is claiming Margaret Thatcher had not one but two affairs. And by an amazing coincidence Jilly Cooper was working on a novel about this very subject. Here are some extracts.

Single decent show feeling the pressure to justify streaming subscription

A STREAMING platform’s sole worthwhile show is struggling to justify a monthly fee of £14.99, it has admitted.

The 6Music dad's guide to pretending you've heard all the Mercury nominations

THE Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow, and nobody will be asking your opinion because you’re 53. Nonetheless, prepare for imaginary conversations with this guide.

Kylie Jenner, and six other people with no interest in music who released music

KYLIE Jenner has released a single as a bid for attention that is only music-based by happenstance. She joins these artists in her indifference.

Taylor Swift vs Charli XCX, and other music feuds where you wish both sides could lose

THE music business is rife with petty arguments between two equally despicable artists. These high-profile disputes should have ended in mutual destruction.

Man thinks of music from 2016 as new

A MAN still mentally classifies music from nearly a decade ago as new, fresh and unfair to expect him to have an opinion on.

Leonardo DiCaprio, and other stars who trick decent people into watching arthouse films

NOT content with multi-million paychecks, duplicitous stars love nothing more than to con their audiences by fooling them into watching serious cinema. We name and shame.

Man who has listened to nothing but Iron Maiden for 40 years to give Taylor Swift a go

A 59-YEAR-OLD metal fan has decided that since there is such a fuss about it, he will give Taylor Swift’s new one a spin.