Jon and Mick from Modern Toss cast a rheumy eye over the year
Quiz: can you identify 2014’s dance-pop chart toppers?
This year’s charts were full of charismatic, entirely memorable new British house stars who got to No 1 with brilliant songs. Can you name ANY of them?
Reality TV face-off: poor v posh
They were the two most successful strands of telly this year but who came out best in this small screen class war?
Dapper Laughs, The Real Housewives, Benefit Street: 2014, the year in TV
In the eternal battle between ‘reality’ and more expensive forms of TV, reality won again. Plus, six of the best episodes from 2014
Nothing says Christmas like a load of old tat from the UK’s favourite comic (with an RRP of more than £2)
Vic & Bob, Stacey Dooley, Run The Jewels: 2014 celebrity lists of the year
Travelodges, gastric tape, deer with guns and squid-ink ketchup: just some of the the things that have been occupying the celebrity hive mind this year
Liam Williams’s guide to 2014 for hermits
What went on in pop culture in 2014? Have you been living under a rock? Comedian Liam Williams’s reclusive friend has. Here they catch up on the year’s big events, from Robin Williams to Dapper Laughs
The most pointless film sequels of 2014
Not every great movie needs a remake, as these bad sequels prove. Plus, the pop culture backlashes of the year
Boyhood, Under The Skin, Interstellar: 2014, the year in film
From a revolutionary form of film-making to a new way of looking at A-list stars, here’s the year’s most innovative movie achievements
Pharrell, Shia LaBeouf, FKA twigs: 2014’s weirdest sartorial statements
It may look as simple as putting on clothes, but never underestimate the celebrity fashion game. Here are the six stars that smashed it. Plus, Toast of London’s Clem Fandango on fashion for 2015
Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, George Ezra: 2014, the year in music
The gulf between beige breakthrough stars and the pop underground has widened further than ever this year
Lethal Bizzle, Alice Levine and Peace’s Harrison Koisser on the biggest tracks of 2014
This year’s chart behemoths dissected by our expert pop panel
A recap of the best games of the year, from the family-friendly weaponry of Mario Kart 8 to Alien: Isolation’s calmly murderous androids
The Archers, Bunk Bed, Yellow Cab Blues: 2014, The year in radio
David Hepworth looks back at the year in radio, from the turbo-charged Archers to Serial and Miles Jupp
2014, everything you need to know – infographic
It was the year that brought us the ice bucket challenge, a giant arse and Oscar selfies