What's next for Katie as collection released?

AT the age of 24 it's maybe a bit ridiculous to be releasing a best-of, laughs Katie Melua.

But the Katy Melua collection draws a neat line under what might be regarded as phase one of her spectacular career.

"I always said that Pictures, my third album, was going to be the last record I would make with Mike Batt in the same format that I had made the previous tw," she explained.

For full interview, details of her Brighton concert on November 11, and more arts and entertainments, see West Sussex Gazette November 5.