If you’ve seen the film About A Boy, then you’ll know that if you – or even just a relative – writes a Christmas song that gets played over and over and over and over every festive season, you may never have to work a day in your life. The royalties that you can make …

Commuting to and from work is a major source of stress in America and throughout the world, and your commute can even make you sick. Yet one city has found a way to make its train journeys more bearable, while promoting literature at the same time. On two train lines in Beijing, China, the subway …

YouTube plans to introduce a paid music service in March, according to people familiar with the matter, a third attempt by parent company Alphabet to catch up with rivals Spotify and Apple. The new service could help appease record-industry executives who have pushed for more revenue from YouTube. Warner Music Group, one of the world’s …

The nominations for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced in Los Angeles. Here is the full shortlist. Film categories Best motion picture – drama Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best motion picture – comedy or musical The Disaster Artist Get …

Elizabeth Lane, a lifelong book lover and founder of Quarterlane, a curated book subscription service, has two lists of books that have changed her life: “First, there are books that changed the course of my life, because they changed my world view. And then there are books that I go to for an escape, or …