Prog rock – the music that refused to die. Illustration by Jiro Bevis. At the end of 2008, the journalist Jerry Ewing pitched an idea for a new magazine to a publishing company. His idea was a magazine dedicated entirely to progressive rock, long reviled in the critical mainstream as... 

The report cited at least 26 components and systems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that were in ‘bad’ or ‘poor’ condition. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP Many workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were concerned about safety in the weeks before the 20 April explosion... 

Northern Rock will be one of the targets for the Square Mile when the government starts to offload bank assets nationalised during the financial crisis. Photograph: Christopher Thomond A takeover battle is looming for control of banks such as Northern Rock, which was bailed out by the taxpayer... 

Autopsy tools auction withdrawn … Elvis Presley in 1973. Photograph: AP An auction of instruments allegedly used in Elvis Presley’s autopsy has been cancelled. “Due to questions of ownership,” the retired embalmer behind the sale will instead “donate” the... 

Twelve-year-old Chloe Moretz in the horror remake Let Me In In the last few weeks you can’t have failed to be aware of Will Smith’s pint-sized 12-year-old son Jaden; he’s been unleashed at film premieres from Beijing to Berlin. Sometimes he’s even worn a little Michael...