Chris Roberts

In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever - and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts. Refreshingly witty and weird, often touching and always drenched in teen spirit, this is like no other book about music ever published. Among those taking their chance...

This book follows Ledger's rise to fame from his early beginnings as a teenager on Australian TV, to critical acclaim and box office success, high-profile romances, up to his death in New York.

A case of mistaken identity lands down-on-his-luck Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin begins to be under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat. He finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get to them before they get him.

TELEVISION. Watching a smartly written, well-acted, top-tier TV series is like immersing yourself in a great novel. It's addictive. And more and more people are gobbling up shows in big bites--sometimes bingeing on an entire season in a weekend. From classics like "Seinfeld" and "Twin Peaks," to "Breaking Bad" and "Sherlock," to Denmark's "Borgen" and France's "Les Revenants," here are 100 of the very best, all worth spending hours of time on the...

Previously... it was all about cinema. Yet the 21st century has increasingly seen fans and critics alike switching their preference to long-form TV, where the stories, characters and talent are now centred. As pioneering HBO shows proved, you can go much deeper in (for example) a rich, rewarding 16-hour series than you can in a 90-minute blockbuster. Amazon Prime, HBO, Sky Atlantic, Netflix and Disney+ mean many of us no longer watch live TV. But...