Every year to mark World Book Day, children across East Lancashire and the rest of the country dress up as their favourite literary characters. The day celebrates the power of reading, and how it can ...

and judges comedian Sir Lenny Henry, screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Noughts And Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and actor Charlie Higson. The Queen ...

The Queen welcomed a star-studded line-up to Buckingham Palace for the final of a national writing competition, including Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman, comedian Matt Lucas, and two Gladiators ...

The BBC's eagerly awaited adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero premieres tonight (March 2). Set in the 1930s, the story revolves around tennis star Nevile Strange, who invites his current wife ...

As the controversial director behind ‘Antichrist’ is admitted to a care centre for Parkinson’s weeks after the death of David Lynch, Xan Brooks wonders whether this may be the endgame for a certain st ...

In 1999, she directed, starred in, and produced Agnes Browne, an Irish romcom based on the book The Mammy by Brendan ... her role as Miss Battle-Axe in Horrid Henry: The Movie, while musical ...

Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and Mr Higson. The Queen presented the medals and the winners will be announced during a special episode of the BBC's The One Show on March 6, World Book Day.