1955 brought us the very first Ivor Novello Awards. 1965 marked the creative ... and for 50 years the only, cultural White Paper in the UK. It recognised the complex relationship between the ...

Hugo is also credited as a songwriter for Emeli Sande’s smash hit Next To Me, which won him two Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting ... Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and Mother Goose.

IN 2025, the music scene is set for a seismic shift, with a fresh wave of talented artists ready to make their mark. From ...

He continues to research breeding of Britain’s native black bee ... than 20 major national and international awards, including the 2017 Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award.

The clip showed her wearing a black top ... involved cheap white wine, heels you couldn’t walk in and a trip to the now-closed Baja Beach Club. The club, which won awards for its music and ...

Other big winners at the Annual Ivor Novello Awards was pop legend Stevie Wonder who took the special international award for his decades of hits. The Who's guitarist Peter Townshend was rewarded ...

Turnage picked up a classical music gong in 2021 at the Ivor Novello Awards and became a CBE for his services to music in 2015. Desert Island Discs airs at 10am on Sunday on BBC Radio 4.

The Irish band's chart-topper Beautiful Day faces teenager David's Seven Days for the best contemporary song at the Ivor Novello Awards, along with David Gray's Please Forgive Me. Gray is also up ...