That's a big question at the moment. The last episode of the most recent series ended with a cameo of John Hurt, and a suggestion that he would be the Doctor - but it was implied that he would be somehow different from the others. Most of the audience... (read more)

According to 2013 statistics, the country with the highest rate of skin cancer is still Australia. According to the Australian Government's department of health and aging, two out of three Australians will develop a form of skin cancer by the age of 70,... (read more)

The official name of shingles is 'herpes zoster'. It is caused by the same virus as chicken pox and the two are connected - for example, you may catch chicken pox from being in contact with someone who has shingles. Shingles begins with a tingling feeling... (read more)

In fact there have been four earlier film versions of The Great Gatsby, with Baz Luhrman's being the fifth, as well as an opera and some stage adaptations. The first was a 1920s silent film which has now been lost, and the most recent apart from Luhrman's... (read more)

One Direction were formed in 2010. Originally they never intended to become a boy band at all. The five individual artists - Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan - each hoped to appear solo on The X Factor. However, none... (read more)

South Africa is a very popular tourist destination and most people visit the country with no problems. However, it is also known for its high crime rate, so travellers are advised to be careful. It is not advisable just to set off from your hotel, apartment... (read more)

Arabic is the main or only official language in 15 countries. As you can see from this interactive map, the maojority of these are in the Middle East and especially the Gulf region.... (read more)

It is hard to be sure exactly when Karaoke was invented, since the idea of playing background music without the vocalist, and very often of using another voice in its place, has been around almost as long... (read more)

Many people say that Chinese is the most difficult of all the major world languages; however, it is also true that many people have learned to speak it successfully as a second language. The first difficulty is what is meant by 'Chinese'. There are many... (read more)

Britany Murphy, who died in 2009 aged 32, made a film before she died which is due to be released in 2013. An official release date has not been given yet but we can expect it fairly soon. The title of the film is Something Wicked. It is a psychological... (read more)

If you are planning to visit a lot of attractions, you could save money by getting a London Pass. Especially if you are staying longer, a 6 day pass is just over... (read more)

The best way, as with so many things, is by word of mouth. Talk to other parents of young children who live nearby; they will usually be happy to give advice. If it's in an area where you haven't moved yet, getting local opinions is still the best, so... (read more)

There are several techniques of this kind, but the method usually called controlled crying is the one also known as the Ferber technique. It was created by Dr Richard... (read more)

Money in the sense of exchanging one thing for another has probably been around for as long as humans have lived in organised groups.... (read more)

Lana Del Rey's real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant. She began performing in 2004 at the age of 18, mostly in clubs in New York, and got her first recording contract two years later. Her first album was released in 2010, but her first major breakthrough... (read more)

The younger your child is, the more sleep he or she will need. Usually until the age of about 9 months, babies will need about three hours of sleep in the daytime as well as sleeping most of the night. After nine months this gradually becomes less. Some... (read more)

This song took its inspiration from a poem by the famous Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. The title of the original poem is usually translated into English as 'Little Viennese Waltz'. As always with poems, it is difficult to translate the full sense,... (read more)

Match.com was founded in 1993 by Gary Kremen, an American businessman with a background in engineering. His first business interest was in software. Then in 1993 he started up a new company called Electric Classifieds Inc. This was to be the first company... (read more)

Yes, the novel is at least partly inspired by a real life event. In 1922 the newspapers were full of a murder story that had happened in New Jersey, not very far from New York where The Great Gatsby is set. A married woman called Eleanor Mills fell in... (read more)

The Great Gatsby was written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. It is set among the lavish millionaires' homes of Long Island. This... (read more)