PIERS MORGAN: 'Don't I get a kiss goodbye?' laughed Gerard Butler
We embraced like members of Seal Team Six do after a long, gruelling operation
CHRIS EVANS: Citroen's 'anti-retro' rival to the Mini is zippy and fun. If only it was more rewarding to drive
CRAIG BROWN: Up, up and awry: The colourful history of ballooning that is a product of love
Hand In Glove was written in January 1983, between the Smiths’ second and third gigs. The song introduced the world to the brilliant partnership of singer and wordsmith Steven Patrick Morrissey – 23 at the time – and the incendiary, lyrical guitarist Johnny Marr – then only 19 (main picture: Marr today). ...read
In his first major interview since his last Antarctic mission, the explorer does the bravest thing of all – he tells Liz Jones about his biggest fear.
The fight of Spring: A riot, a ballet without a tune and bankruptcy. 100 years on, why Stravinsky's opening night ballet was a disaster.
The singer on his early gigs, friendship with Liza Minnelli, and what his trademark white stripe symbolised.
From a troll's guide to classical music to an Indian Jones-style game downloaded 50 million times in a fortnight.
Take a peek into the world of celebdom and have a gander at what the beautiful people have been up to in the past seven days.
You will know you have MasterChefitis when you can only speak in MasterChef-speak, and it can happen if you watch too much MasterChef, and I watched all of it.
Whether you're a gadabout or a layout, here are some tempting cultural treats for the week
Seductively soft slices of boiled beef wallow in a fiery quagmire of oil, dried bird's-eye chillies, Sichuan pepper and floppy, sodden vegetation. It's one of the world's great dishes, fierce enough to bring beads of perspiration to the brow. But curiously refined, too, like a dragon playing the flute. ...read
Can beer ever be as complex as wine? Absolutely. Just as there are everyday bottles of vino that are simple and fruity, you can find beers with stunning layers of fine flavours. Despite having only four basic ingredients - water, grain, hops and yeast - there are some beers with flavours that are as endless as they are enthralling. ...read
To me, it's a nudist: rather than hiding behind oak, for example, each bottle is usually fuelled solely by the quality of the actual grapes.
With the new BlackBerry Q10, the kings of keyboard phones have calmly strolled back in and reclaimed their crown. My typing was cured instantly. The new, ‘proper’ BlackBerry is by far the fastest, best typing machine you can fit in a pocket – now with modern luxuries such as apps and a browser that actually works, both of which were notably absent on the Golden Age BlackBerrys I still grow misty-eyed about. ...read
Jongo is a superbly down-to-earth system that brings the simplicity of Pure’s digital radios to the normally nightmarish task of making the same song play in every room in your house.
It is actually a sober, sensible business tablet, not a phone for people with heads the size of Easter Island statues.
To drive, the DS3 is like a pretty but grumpy French waitress, wondering why she's serving you as opposed to the other way round. And though some people will like the way Citroën's improved soundproofing makes it seem more like you're not in a car, I hated it. ...read
American custom dictates that all TV news anchors take a VIP guest to the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. Last year, I escorted the delightful Goldie Hawn. This year, I opted for a man currently starring in a smash-hit movie - Olympus Has Fallen - as a Secret Service agent who saves the White House from North Korean terrorists. ...read
Justin Bieber is in hot water again, this time for visiting the Anne Frank House and writing in the guestbook: 'Anne was a great girl, hopefully she would have been a belieber.'
Woke to a cheery email from Katherine Jenkins politely asking me to tweet about her London Marathon charity run.
The Pajama Game is a swell, spirited reminder of why, back in the mid-Fifties, everyone was singing the songs of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. George Abbott’s romance is set in the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory in Iowa where the labourers’ demand for a seven-and-a-half cent raise has just been rejected. ...read
The Sony exhibition, now on at Somerset House, rewards both professional photographers and high-level amateurs – 54,841 photographers entered this year.
Eleven of the 12 tracks here are new compositions, mostly co-written by Rod with his long-serving pianist, Kevin Savigar.
The singer on his early gigs, friendship with Liza Minnelli, and what his trademark white stripe symbolised.
He's the Hollywood's maverick who has never shied away from controversy, from his time serving in Vietnam to spending time with the Cuban leader.
From riding a moped while on holiday in Ithaca to his wedding day and spending time with his children, the PM chooses his favourite photographs.
Harrow, Sherlock... and now Star Trek? The actor on his remarkable warp-speed career, the carjacking that almost killed him – and his walk-on part in London’s 7/7 bombing. ...read
One minute she was the darling of Tinseltown, then she fell into a disastrous spiral of failed affairs, drug abuse and mental illness. This is her astonishing story.
It's the final, nail biting flourish of Tate Britain's refurbishment - the rehanging of 500 of the world's greatest art treasures.
The Radio 1 Breakfast Show host, 28, wants to go for dinner with Madonna and was once forced out of his flat by a mouse.
The Texas frontwoman on why Let's Get It On is her favourite album, the French movie that recently made her cry and the best concert she ever saw.
It's the airing of the annual Olivier Awards tonight, but never mind the awards. Event asked some of the biggest names on the British stage to tell us something we didn't know...
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