The law is changing regarding illegal music downloads, but nobody is really sure what's going to happen. From Napster to Gnarles Berkley, this article should give you some information about what's what in the world of illegal music downloads.

In this day and age, anybody can be a DJ. CD decks and computer programs have made the scene so accessible that users can simply push a button and hey-presto, the two tunes are beat-matched.

Online gaming has, perhaps unfairly, gathered a great deal of negative press recently. Described as addictive, antisocial and blamed for the deaths of several young people around the world.

The Edinburgh Fringe has become a staple part of one of the most iconic and popular arts festivals in the world. But with many criticising the modern shape and content of the event, has the Fringe cut itself off from tradition and lost its distinctive look?

Glastonbury festival has been in the news even more than usual this year, tickets are still available prompting organisers to sell the remainder in HMV stores in a last ditch attempt to shift the leftovers. This lull in demand has left Glastonbury organisers pondering just what is putting festivalgoers off an event that has become synonymous with summer in England.

When Sir Jonathan Miller's critically acclaimed version of Hamlet wasn't picked up by any West End producers, he became the latest in a long line of high profile detractors from the recent penchant for star-studded casts. Is he right to hit back at an industry bloated by its own self importance? Or is this possibly the archetypal classic case of sour grapes?

The Times recently submitted an article entitled, "The Horrifying cost of Britain's top attractions" which slammed the high prices we pay in order to treat the family. In an ever-increasingly expensive world, we are all looking for cheaper ways to entertain our loved ones and the best way to avoid hidden charges.

From a distance you could be forgiven for mistaking some of Margate's most distinctive visitors for lonely brides standing sentinel on the seafront, their large white dresses and slightly achronistic bonnets creating a stark contrast with the grey, crumbling prom of the almost forgotten Kent seaside town.

July fourth has always been renowned for its huge fireworks displays and overexcited Americans celebrating their independent status from their British Counterparts. From 2008, the British music industry is planning on celebrating the day for an altogether different reason: Independent music.

Since the BBC announced that over 7.2 million users have logged on to its iplayer service in only its first two months and the relentless rise of 'less than legal' content streamers sky-rockets, we may ask ourselves: does the dawn of the digital age mean the death sentence for live theatre?

Dance music is presumed by many to be dead. Not so quick. Dance music actually morphed and led to the revolution that created the best sounds of this century.

In the last five years the stream of phone-in talent shows on television has tripled into a raging torrent. Are these programmes a new way of giving the viewer what they want, or just a new way of repackaging what they've got?