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There’s no doubt Hollywood stars carry clout when it comes to politics, social campaigns, fashion and the like. Alongside the perhaps questionable influences, celebrities also work as a driving force for protecting the...

If going vegan to help better the environment does not appeal you, why not try it out for Queen B herself? Beyoncé just announced a new vegan initiative on Instagram, and probably did more for the cause in a single post...

  Did you know that writing things out by hand keeps your brain cells active, and even helps you retain information? It also improves hand-eye coordination, and has a soothing, meditative effect on your entire body...

  Did you know that writing things out by hand keeps your brain cells active, and even helps you retain information? It also improves hand-eye coordination, and has a soothing, meditative effect on your entire body...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon just named Leonardo DiCaprio a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change. The Academy Award-nominated actor and committed environmental activist...

Here are the two best things about Sherlock. 1. The word clouds. Sherlock is, as far as I know, the first TV series to have done this and it works very well: it's a quick, clever, post-modern way – the visual equivalent...

Oh dear. PJ Harvey is guest editing tomorrow's BBC Radio 4 Today programme. In theory this oughtn't to be a bad thing: well, not in my book for I have adored the Dorset rock goddess for many years. (With Kate Bush, she is...

To see why Sir Elton’s complaints about vapid new acts don’t stack up, just look at Lou Reed Modern pop music is processed, “packaged crap”, says Sir Elton John...

Lou Reed, who is reported by Rolling Stone to have died aged 71, was the most terrifying rock star I have ever interviewed. Partly it was his look that was so unsettling: all those amphetamines in his rock n roll years had...

Big game hunting is an atrociously cruel and unnecessary “sport” that doesn’t prove anything but hunters' ability to shoot an innocent animal from a safe distance...

The story so far: Caitlin Moran (yes, all right: I know lots of you claim never to have heard of her, but she's a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic and one of our most fluent and entertaining columnists) has...

Phew! What a blessed relief! The rumours that the next Doctor Who was going to be Peter Capaldi – previously best known, of course, for his role as fictional Songs of Praise producer Tristan Campbell in the Vicar of...

From Tuesday's Telegraph: The death of Richard Briers is a sad reminder of the humour and values of a gentler era Anyone who thinks the Seventies was a decade of misery, inexcusable haircuts, appalling taste and grinding...

Rowan Atkinson has been getting rave reviews for his performance in Quartermaine's Terms. It couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Or at least to a less irritating one. It is an unfortunate fact of life that most people,...