"In a nail-biting extract from his book, the alliance's former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalled the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump and how close the US president brought the organisation to the point of collapse."
"Forty years ago, Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars named the Filthy Fifteen in a high-profile parents' campaign against objectionable music. Garth Cartwright talked to some of those artists, and supporters including Alice Cooper, about being at the centre of a major moral panic."
"Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Philip Oltermann's long read posed the question: were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were there bigger forces at work? Lionel Richie at the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in 2023. With his smooth ballads and winning smile, everyone knows the former Commodores singer right? Here, Simon Hattenstone explored the hidden depths of a man who had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop's biggest superstar."
Jens Stoltenberg recalled intense tensions with Donald Trump that nearly pushed the NATO alliance to collapse. A retrospective on the Filthy Fifteen revisits a parents' campaign that branded mainstream artists as objectionable and provoked a major moral panic. An actor published a premature memoir confronting abuse, family dysfunction and personality disorders. Coordinated thefts removed dozens of rare Russian classics from European libraries, raising questions about larger forces behind the crimes. Lionel Richie’s life and career are examined in the context of civil rights history and pop stardom. Contemporary self-help bestsellers are evaluated for what they reveal about selfhood.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]