Klaxons at Village Underground, London (l-r, Simon Taylor-Davis, Jamie Reynolds and James Righton). Photograph: Gus Stewart/Redferns No matter who makes the shortlist, the nominations for the Mercury prize always prompt the same response. The reaction to this year’s runners and riders... 

Supreme lovely … John Coltrane channels the divine through his sax. Photograph: Redferns Miles Davis was a good authority on the saxophonist John Coltrane, who played in one of the trumpeter’s bands in the 1950s. Their time spent working together began with Davis’s rise to... 

New father Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2010 World Cup Photograph: Tony Marshall/EMPICS Sport He may have been an overpaid flop during the World Cup in South Africa but Cristiano Ronaldo is basking in the joys of fatherhood for the first time. Portuguese media reported that Ronaldo’s 9lb... 

Dizzee plays the main stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival, which along with other summer music events has helped boost sales. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA After five years of falling sales the music industry may finally have something to sing about, according to the UK’s music royalties... 

Danielle Lineker: My New Stepfamily. Photograph: BBC/Emilie Sandy/BBC I’ve been conned, lured in on false pretences. I mean, what would you expect from BBC 3′s “Adult Season”? Exactly, me too. But instead I’ve got this lady here going on about the problems of being...