Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

ALAMY; RADIO TIMES ARCHIVE SCIENCE FILLING A VOID ...

“Yeah, he loved the whole thing,” says his bandmate, Queen drummer Roger Taylor. “You know, the house would have been full of all these decorations. He loved his decorations. And he had a great, unerr

CRACKED IT The graceful dancers of Matthew Bourne’s ...

HIGH. LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

It’s that time of year again, when the world’s largest digital music platform sends out its annual free gifts to subscribers in the form of Spotify Wrapped. A festive viral marketing gimmick that allo