All of his hits are being collected

Chris Martin and co pick up another gong

To the capital’s glamorous West End, then, and the Opening Night Gala of this year’s London Film Festival at the Odeon Leicester Square. Introducing this film adaptation of his novel Never Let Me Go, the author Kazuo Ishiguro hailed the film’s stars – Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield – as being at the forefront of a new generation of actors. Arguably, Ishiguro was whipping up a bit of hyperbole, but Never Let Me Go is part of a slow shift away from heritage Brit drama towards a more subversive and questioning style of movie-making.

Band head back to the studiofleet

Guitarist says the band have no plans to retire

Very taken by the Blackest Rainbow label at the moment, thanks to things like the Wooden Wand album I blogged about last week, the Beggin’ Your Pardon Miss Joan album and various Natural Snow Buildings projects.

They hit the road in November

Mammoth release includes 23 studio albums and more

Plenty new here, though that might not be the right word for the Dylan mono versions which turned up here on a USB stick last week.

70-year-old died of natural causes