Des O’Sullivan previews London’s major February auctions.

A short flight away, the British capital currently offers an array of great art options, writes Des O’Driscoll

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been labelled the “ultimate Star Wars fan film” amid international reception ahead of its release.

An "evil and calculating" cannibal killer has been jailed for life for strangling a police officer during a bondage sex session and then cooking and trying to eat him.

Fiona Collins is chairperson of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, which takes place this weekend. She’s originally from Bandon but has been living in Cork city for a number of years.

From some of the world’s greatest galleries and museums, to the treasure-filled bookshops of Charing Cross Road, London is a city packed with choice for a city break says Suzanne Harrington.

Grayson Perry

Hohokum is an artistic endeavour from Honeyslug and Sony Santa Monica that doesn't buck the trend of being inherently brilliant and not terribly exciting

THE skies around Dublin city centre and Cavan Town will have some unusual visitors today.

Art: Paul Klee: Making Visible

David Bowie leads nominations for the 2013 Q Awards, with six nods.

Bono has paid tribute to stars including Will.i.am, Ed Sheeran and Mumford And Sons, who have recorded new versions of celebrated protest songs to highlight issues of global poverty.

Like big John Daly, there is no dressing it up — we endured a grim sporting week.

MUSIC NEWS: Beyoncé has bounced back after her post-baby break and has already been booked to play at the Super Bowl in February.

It’s served by dozens of direct flights, and spilling over with great shops, restaurants, museums and shows. It’s London, baby, and it’s time you paid another visit, says Pól Ó Conghaile.

Oil giant BP is facing a wave of protests as it holds its annual general meeting in London days before the first anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

A vast floor within London's Tate Modern art gallery has been carpeted with more than 100 million “sunflower seeds” – the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series.

A provocative nude picture of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields will appear in a new exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London, it was revealed today.

Ringo Starr tonight ruled out any chance of him and Paul McCartney reforming with the Beatle children to play the fab four’s hits.

A film collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney is to receive its British premiere at Tate Modern.

DREAMS have become a stunning reality for one Leaving Certificate student.

A Dublin student is to represent Ireland at an international art exhibition at the Tate Modern in London next month.

Great musical or artistic works owe much of their appeal to muddled senses, a psychologist said today.

A film about a nightmarish Britain in which mankind is dying out and the country is torn apart by mass immigration has screened to critical acclaim in Venice.

Madonna is lending London's Tate Modern art gallery two of her favourite pictures.

Anti-war protesters literally spelled out their message to the US President tonight – Bush Go Home.

Chart act Ms Dynamite won the seal of approval of the highbrow arts world by picking up a South Bank Show award today.