Music This article is more than 7 months oldChas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81This article is more than 7 months oldThe British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher Chas Newby, the British musician who played bass guitar for the Beatles during their early days, has died at the age of 81. A cause of death has not been revealed.

TV and radio blogTelevisionThis mix of political thriller and crime drama is being repeated by the BBC for those who don't care about Fifa and Luis SuárezWe're now long past the stage of 11pm kick-offs, but BBC4's decision to repeat the brooding, quietly bonkers 1985 miniseries Edge of Darkness late on Monday nights is the best kind of World Cup counter-programming, even if Gaia – the name of Joanne Whalley's gung-ho eco-militant pressure group – sounds like someone who might play on the left wing for Brazil.

Jump the sharkCultureGoing down: how Rosalind’s fatal lift plummet marked the death of LA LawThe legal drama was once the cream of the soapy drama crop. But as the familiar faces began to disappear from the series, viewers soon followed suit Lift manufacturers across the globe would probably wish me to point out that it is impossible to fall down a lift shaft in the manner in which Rosalind Shays meets her spagbol end, halfway through season five of mid-80s legal drama LA Law.

STAGE AND SCREENJames Bond requested that his Martini be "shaken not stirred"? Would it make any difference? I agree with the first answer about the melting of the ice and dilution of the drink; however, I always thought he ordered them that way so as to stay more sober than his drinking partner, and thereby remain more alert. Alfie, Sydney Australia Add your answer ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKafqbK0rc2dqK6dop6ytHvQrpyrsV9leW15kXFtb2RgZXupwMyl

Ask PhilippaFamilyThis may be to do with the period of her life you refer to as the ‘terrible twos’. You sound like a great mother who could talk to her about thatThe dilemma My daughter, 20, tells me she feels sad “all the time”. It’s been going on since she started secondary school, although she was a troublesome toddler and we had really terrible twos that went on for a few years.