Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has acquired North American publishing rights to Philip K. Dick's two-volume unpublished journals, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. Author Philip K. Dick wrote 45 novels and ...

I used to buy the Guardian avidly, but I gave it up as I was disillusioned at its slavish backing of Labour despite everything.Now, at last, they are saying that ...

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it ...

Gerry Ryan, star of Irish radio and television, has died today (30 April) aged 53.Mr Ryan was best known for his show - The Gerry Ryan Shown - which he ...

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the most senior officer killed so far in Afghanistan, died "trying to inspire his men".He had taken up a dangerous sentry position on an armoured vehicle ...

John Lennon’s hand-written lyrics to his masterpiece A Day in the Life are expected to fetch more than a million dollars when they are auctioned later this year.The single sheet ...

The funeral of a hero firefighter takes place today in Poole, Dorset.James Shears, 35, from Poole, died tackling a fire at a tower block in Southampton earlier this month.Hundreds of ...

Elizabeth Taylor was reduced to tears at the unveiling of a bust of her former husband at Buckingham Palace.The bust of actor Richard Burton was commission to mark 60 years ...

The man who was a public face of Sing Something Simple and a chorus singer for The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise has another, if less well-known claim to ...

A composer and session musician who worked with the likes of Genesis, Paul McCartney, Mike Oldfield, Kate Bush and other musical legends, has died.Morris Pert spent the later years of ...

There was an altogether depressing tone about last night Prime Ministerial debate. Not from Nick Clegg, who presented our positive vision of fairness transforming our taxes and our politics, but ...

The BBC reports that John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are expected to fetch at least $700,000 at a Sotheby's auction on June 18, 2010. The double-sided ...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.-- Abraham LincolnEveryone has problems, some are just better at hiding them. --UnknownIf ...

A television film crew witnessed the death of three soldiers in Afghanistan back in 2007, an inquest has heard.The incident that killed Privates Aaron McClure, Robert Foster and John Thrumble ...

A grieving widow has kept the memory of her dead husband alive for their two children - by creating a life-sized cardboard cut-out to keep in the family home.The children ...

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the great Italian film-maker Sergio Leone’s death.Coincidentally yesterday we lost one of Italy’s great screenwriters who co-wrote a Leone Western classic.Furio Scarpelli, along with long-time ...

Maybe you've been inspired by Nick Clegg's excellent, common sense performance during the election campaign.Maybe you were impressed by Vince Cable's wise and credible proposals for the economy.Maybe you have ...

Reuters reports that Marilyn Monroe's writings are going to be published in a book called Fragments. It will be released in October. The U.S. publisher will be Farrar, Straus & ...

Sure, Gordon Brown mucked up big time. Like Neil Kinnock's tumble on the sands at Brighton, his remarks as he left after a conversation with Rochdale voter Gillian Duffy may ...

I've being featured again. Well not FEATURED, featured... but at least interviewed. The kind people at funsherpa reached out and wanted me to share my life of turning into ...