Arts & Entertainment

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War....

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good....

In this long-awaited autobiography, one of the most beautiful women in the world tells her story....

Volume two of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE....

Volume three of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in in 2009 by RTE....

Volume one of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE....

The highly anticipated spoken-word poetry collection from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass....

In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle, while writers and producers lift their best techniques from TV, comic books, and the toy biz....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache....

A one-of-a-kind celebration of America's greatest comic strip - and the life lessons it can teach us - from a stellar array of writers and artists....

Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world....

What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves....

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan....

Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don't know how to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation....

The always-outspoken hard rock vocalist Corey Taylor reflects on what it means to be an American in an increasingly unstable world. He examines the way America sees itself....

Let Willie's common sense approach to life awaken you to the happiness that already exists in your own heart....

"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share....

Though unappreciated in his own time, Johann Sebastian Bach has ascended to Olympian heights, the verdict of contemporary audiences long since overruled by succeeding generations of music lovers....

The no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman has arrived....

Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Dinaw Mengestu (All Our Names), and Hari Kunzru (Gods Without Men) lead a spirited conversation about Sebald's classic....

The first authoritative biography of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon....

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.... 

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater....

It was as though Bacall was simply wiped away with the death of her husband....

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour....

How did Shakespeare sound to the audiences of his day....