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The Velvet Underground are the ultimate New York band. Yet in their brief lifespan and their afterlife as one of music’s enduring cults, they had a European heart

At the height of his fame, the star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day called time on his movie career. Why? So he could study philosophy at the Sorbonne

An idea that originated in the Basque country seems to be catching on

Since the inception of his new nickname, Joe Biden has racked up a few victories

American politics is dominated by older people. Thankfully, change is coming

Liz Cheney may have lost her renomination, but we haven't seen the last of her yet

Individually their fates were an immeasurable tragedy for two families, together they were a cause

Donald Trump has become the ringmaster of the Deep State cult

What happened when pianists from Ukraine and Russia met at a competition set up by a Texan who wowed Moscow at the height of the cold war?

Elvis wasn't The King to me. But he was to millions and that has to be respected

Over half a century since her death, the “inner Marilyn” is still alive. I suspect we will never be done with the blonde bombshell

A new book examines not only an iconic film and novel, but of the pillar that holds them up – white supremacy

The Dutch actor brought depth at a time when the industry expected little more from roles than grunting henchmen, murderous Nazis or ring fodder for Rocky Balboa

A new recording of a Bob Dylan classic takes our columnist back to a bathetic night in Wisconsin

We don't know anything yet about Generation Z. Not about the world they face nor the one that awaits them. We need to change that

Unless we change our thinking, we will never achieve a revolution in our understanding of reality. We need to shed our ignorance

Eating well goes beyond the food itself. It's about understanding the story behind each and every bite

We are living in a world where we expect the worst and prepare to resist

The court’s ruling makes it clear that, for the judges who voted to overturn Roe v Wade, women’s bodies belong to the state

The sums of money the disgraced former health minister spent suggests he did not go alone - but there is no mention of Gina Coladangelo

Crackdowns on choice aren’t just happening in the United States. Meet the activists battling to help women

In 2016, a group of psychiatrists and psychologists called Trump a “malignant narcissist”. The January 6 hearings demonstrated that and more

The thinking that links Johnson to Trump is slowly becoming more obvious to his own backbenchers

A self-confessed “unleashed exhibitionist, chasing headlines”, Collin Dufresne lived the life but on her terms

Miss Ross is still the boss, and always will be

A new book, Madwoman, is a poignant tribute to America’s first female investigative journalist. Author Louisa Treger explains why her legacy is crucial now more than ever

There are unmistakable echoes of the Watergate president in Boris Johnson’s Partygate defence

How an attempt at upstream cultural change on the banks of New York City's East River failed spectacularly

The government are too afraid to challenge adults’ belief systems. This is pure cruelty

We need to call White Supremacy out now in all of its guises. Even when it appears as “free speech”

It's hard to find a culture you feel at home in when you belong to two cultures. It's a movement between the two that creates a sensation people call patriotism