At the top of this week's UK album chart an elderly woman has been doing battle with four young men from Sheffield. The young men are better known as Arctic Monkeys, currently at No 1. The woman is wartime star Dame Vera Lynn. The boys may have come out on top this time, but can they really compete with a national treasure?
Vera Lynn
Age 92.
Achievements Voted the Forces' Sweetheart in 1939; first British artist to have a No 1 in the US in 1952; became Dame Vera Lynn in 1975; oldest living artist to have an album in the top 20 in 2009.
Famous fans Was a personal friend of the Queen Mother.
Travel requirements Would frequently sleep in tents, bashars and grass huts, sometimes within earshot of battle.
Lyrical themes Waiting for people; meeting people (again); ornithology and migration patterns (mostly of bluebirds).
Last public sighting VE Day anniversary celebrations, Buckingham Palace, 8 May 1995.
On her return to the top 20 "It's hilarious that I'm back in the charts."
Arctic Monkeys
Age 94 (combined).
Achievements Frontman Alex Turner declared Coolest Man On The Planet by NME in 2005; fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history in 2006; awarded the Mercury prize in 2006.
Famous fans David Cameron thinks their first album was "OK".
Travel requirements Demanded their own private backstage area at this year's Reading festival.
Lyrical themes Men stealing other men's women; things that would look good on dancefloors; Brian.
Last public sighting Reading Festival, 29 August 2009.
On their first number one "Matt said he'd drum just in his football shorts if we did it. So he did."
