Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

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It's that time of the year when we find out who has the official Christmas Number One. This year, Kylie and WHAM are in the ...

Here are 40 Christmas music classics for your playlist, from Mariah Carey to Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Joni ...

Some classics, like "The Muppet Christmas Carol," fully embrace the holly-jolly spirit, while films like "Rent" use Christmas ...

Less head-scratching selections include the upbeat retro-pop track “Ready for Christmas” by Tabitha Meeks, the funky “Merry Christmas Baby” by Short Stuff, a surf-rock instrumental version of “Winter ...

Luke 'The Nuke' Littler and Pitbull, Stephen 'The Bullet' Bunting and "Titanium"... How did darts' stars get their nicknames ...

Special multi-album releases from heavy-hitter recording artists over the decades that are must-haves for a collector.

Our writers and contributors have chosen their favourite ever science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games, board ...

As our latest “Music History” guest, Isbell swept us up in his fascinating career journey, which began with his brain ...

Here's every 2026 music festival near Phoenix, from Innings Festival and Extra Innings to M3F Bike Week, Reggae Rise Up and ...

Not only were we spoilt for choice with iconic pop culture tidbits that defined us in 2025, but now, I’ve collated it all in the one place to peruse at your leisure. We laughed, we cried, and we ...