‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’ In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear […]
When Fear of Flying, her autobiographical novel about women’s sexual desires, came out in 1973, Erica Jong was suddenly big news. But growing up as her only child, I had a very different experience In August 1978, I was born in a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. I came out with […]
We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequality One Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay […]
Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden fear of water On a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for […]
An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connection Get Guardian Australia’s weekend culture and lifestyle email The 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, “He is not only dull himself; […]
The former newsreader on her career’s many twists and turns, her mother’s dementia and why she’s still working – and dancing – at 80 Born in 1944 in Plymouth, Angela Rippon is a British journalist, newsreader and presenter. Her career began at 17 as a photojournalist for the Western Morning […]
Commentators on Black masculinity are popular pundits on Sean Combs’s case – but they’ve taken a clear side When the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began last month, there was one man who stood apart from the journalists, legal eagles and YouTube gossips queuing up for seats inside the New […]
Coverage of the three-year family ‘feud’ has been extraordinary, and nothing seems off the table in the media If the biggest feud of the week belongs to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, then the longest running is arguably “Beckxit”. The name given to the fallout between one of the most […]
There are sudden moments of ecstatic joy, but it’s terrifying to realise what you want to be and everything you’ve forced down You’re fairly sure your skin has always been a problem. A problem before you even realised, lurking in the background of your earliest memories. Never with a clear […]
Pioneering light-rail tech poised to revamp network after chancellor announces £15bn transport boost In a sidestreet in central Coventry, a possible vehicle of the future has been making its first public foray: a 60-seat, battery-powered miniature tram. On smooth, almost silent, test runs, its pioneering wheel system allows it to […]