Am I alone in failing to understand the connection between Edward Horgan’s opening remarks (January 13) “Following the execution of 47 men in Saudi Arabia on January 2, the situation in the Middle East is deteriorating” and the remainder of his letter unless he wishes to imply that Israel was ultimately responsible for their deaths?

IN 2007 I was working with Mark E Smith, lead singer-songwriter of The Fall, on his autobiography Renegade. One afternoon he rang me up, asking if I could take his typewriter down to ‘our new office’ above a pub in Salford, England.

The Dubliners and 'American Pie' singer Don McLean will give much-anticipated live performances tonight at the annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Hundreds of people stripped off and braved the cold in the name of art today.

The entire 50-year history of 'Coronation Street' is to be packed into a new stage show.