BBC Radio 6 Music has announced that its 2027 festival will be held in Newcastle, returning to Tyneside after more than a decade. The five-day event in March will feature performances and DJ sets across the city's independent and grassroots venues.
Emily McGonagle, a mum who worked as a lawyer in London, swapped her long commute for voiceover work she can do from home around her children. She now voices eight characters in Spike, a children's series that premiered on Netflix and is its top children's show in the UK.
Fans of the A Court of Thorns and Roses series queued at bookshops across the UK for the release of its sixth book, A Court of Splintered Harmony. Some took time off work to read it, and bookshops held midnight release parties with quizzes, games and costumes.
DJ and broadcaster Katie Owen, who has learnt Welsh and is an ambassador for the National Centre for Learning Welsh, talks about her growing love for the language and culture. She describes how a Welsh-language programme with Huw Stephens as her mentor started her learning journey, and how she now enjoys speaking Welsh and sharing Wales with others.
