‘It was written for a Nosferatu musical’: how Bonnie Tyler made Total Eclipse of the Heart
‘We shot the video in a gothic former asylum that was very frightening. The guard dogs wouldn’t set foot in the downstairs rooms, where people had been given electric shock treatment’
June 2022
Rio Ferdinand given OBE and Damian Lewis CBE in Queen’s birthday honours list
Gareth Bale, Eve Muirhead, Bonnie Tyler and Chi-chi Nwanoku among honourees from arts and sport
April 2021
Jim Steinman obituary
Jim Steinman, master of the power ballad, gave pop an operatic energy
Alexis Petridis
August 2017
10 of the best
Songs for the eclipse – 10 of the best
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: your songs about loss
June 2015
Notes and queries
Do you substitute your own lyrics in pop songs?
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
February 2015
The measure
From Bonnie Tyler to pocket squares: what’s hot and what’s not on planet fashion
Thumbs up: power ballads, Taraji P Henson and grime. Thumbs down: fast food snaps, fancy satchels and coloured cords
February 2014
Eurovision Song Contest: vote rigging countries face three-year ban
Evidence found of an attempt by Azerbaijan to try to buy votes during last year's competition in Sweden. By John Plunkett
January 2014
Ultimate power ballads: the anthems behind the club night
Paul Lester: From Bonnie Tyler to Meat Loaf, the bigger and more melodramatic the song, the more the crowd goes wild
August 2013
This week's new live music
This week's new tracks
Mumford And Sons, Franz Ferdinand, Bonnie Tyler: this week's new tracks
May 2013
Eurovision contest on song for BBC1
Eurovision performance was best I could do, says Bonnie Tyler
Eurovision prize goes to Denmark, but real winner is Swedish host
Plugged in
Bonnie Tyler? Britain needs a better way of choosing Eurovision entries
Helienne Lindvall
Media Monkey
Bonnie Tyler told to prepare for long night at Eurovision
Bonnie Tyler: 'I'm not part of the 80s, I'm part of now'
April 2013
Media Monkey
Bonnie Tyler – totally eclipsed by Eurovision excuses?
Media Monkey: According to the Sun this year's veteran UK entry claims if she loses, it will only be because her song is 'too good'
March 2013
What Welsh women can teach the world
Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Ellie Mae O'Hagan: We're not 'country girls' as the media would have it, but creative, passionate, open and free. Just ask Bonnie Tyler
