Biography: Arts & Entertainment

When it comes to deciding the most tragic British artist of the 20th century, Cyril Mann (1911-80) must be a contender. Mann made a number of genui...

The first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided filmmaker Michael Ciminoand a reevaluation of the infamous film that destroyed ...

Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determin...

Songs and Lyrics are called as Music. Dance and Music are responsible for mixing happiness in one''s life. India has had a very proud tradition of ...

Guitarist Gordon Giltrap is the epitome of what is often referred to as a `musicians musician, in that the respect in which he is held by his peers...

Michael Jackson died on June 25 2009 in Los Angeles, from of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication (according to Wikipedia). The one-time ...

The Times Book of the Year ''There''s no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than Paul Simon, and there''s no better man than Robert Hilburn to ...

The authorized biography of Robert Pollard, indie rock icon and founder of the music group Guided by VoicesRobert Pollard has been a staple of the ...

As the creative force behind Berry Gordy Jr.'s Motown Records in the mid-Sixties, a writing credit from Holland-Dozier-Holland was virtually a guar...

When Derek Coller decided to pay tribute to his late friend - the author, biographer, discographer and researcher, Bert Whyatt - he looked for a co...

The world continues to be fascinated with Marilyn Monroe who dazzled with her beauty and captivated the hearts of millions, worldwide, with her inn...

A new edition of Humphrey Burton's celebrated biography of Leonard Bernstein, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. With a new int...

Michael Jackson: provocateur, icon, enigma. Who was he, really? And how does his spectacular rise, his catastrophic fall, reflect upon those who ...

For anyone growing up in Scotland from the 1950s and sensitive to that nation's burgeoning art music achievements, the name of Conrad Wilson and hi...

`Cooperman! The Life of Tommy Cooper' is a hilarious look at one of Britain's best-loved comedians. For almost four decades, Tommy Cooper was the m...

Shortly before his death, the Devonshire-born cleric, writer and antiquarian, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) wrote: 'To this day I consider that t...

How do you bring a forgotten silent film back to life? What are the techniques behind writing a successful film score? How do you work with and ins...

Ant and Dec have spent 30 years working together on TV. They've won over 100 awards, become national treasures and through it all they've remained ...

David Robinson's definitive and monumental biography of Charlie Chaplin, the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dram...

In late autumn 1968, Dorian Bond was tasked with travelling to Yugoslavia to deliver cigars and film stock to the legendary Hollywood director Orso...

I want to go home with the Armadillo. and you will, too, once you've picked up Gary P. Nunn's new memoir of the life and times of this true Texas ...

In October 2010, Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds appeared in the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern. Six months later, he was arrested in China and held f...

Kenneth MacMillan's ballets are in constant demand by world-famous companies, particularly Romeo and Juliet, Manon and Mayerling. However, MacMilla...