Brian May

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01, Jan, 2023 @6:37 PM

New year honours 2023: Mary Quant and Lionesses among those recognised

Brian May and Grayson Perry are knighted, Denise Lewis is made a dame and Frank Skinner becomes MBE

Caroline Davies

30, Dec, 2022 @10:30 PM

‘Terry Wogan said it was the worst thing he’d ever heard!’: Brian May, Sugababes and more on hitting No 1

Popping to see Jagger, collaring Captain Tom on daytime TV or taking their dad’s advice – these artists share how they topped the singles charts

As told to Dave Simpson

15, Nov, 2022 @12:53 PM

Queen: Face It Alone review – slight song boosted by Freddie Mercury giving it 150%

The former frontman is the real attraction on a previously unheard single. While hardly a classic, it still packs an emotional punch

Alexis Petridis

13, Oct, 2022 @11:50 AM

Diana Ross, Queen and Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Party at the Palace

Saturday evening’s three-hour event at Buckingham Palace will include musical theatre and pop stars

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

03, Jun, 2022 @3:12 PM

Brian May and Sam Ryder join platinum jubilee party headliners

The BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace on 4 June will also feature Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross

Caroline Davies

18, May, 2022 @9:00 PM

‘Brian May has finally become an actor’: say hello to CBBC’s new star, the Godfather of Rock

The Queen guitarist makes his full acting debut in kids’ show Andy and the Band. He’s not bad – better than Vanilla Ice in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Stuart Heritage

24, Jan, 2022 @4:48 PM

Sorry, Ridley Scott, we just don’t think it’s safe to go back into the cinema | Rebecca Nicholson

The Last Duel director has blamed flighty ‘millennians’ for his latest epic film tanking, but maybe we’re not blockbuster-ready

Rebecca Nicholson

27, Nov, 2021 @3:00 PM

Stereoscopy: Brian May celebrates ‘the Dawn of 3D’

Queen superstar publishes and lends images from his vast collection to book by art historian on the Victorian viewing technology

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

09, Nov, 2021 @11:26 AM

Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’

As he reissues his debut solo album, the Queen guitarist recalls how making it helped him cope with a time when his band, marriage and the life of Freddie Mercury were coming to an end

Michael Hann

05, Aug, 2021 @12:07 PM