At the 1985 presidential inauguration ball, a made-for-TV black-tie affair that was something in between a concert and a roast, an expectant Ronald Reagan looked
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‘Like eating too much chocolate’: Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department
‘One of her best albums, lyrically’ As someone who has been a Swiftie for over a decade, my initial impression is that this album is
Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison in sessions for the albums Help! and Rubber Soul, which has spent the last 50 years
‘A lot of rich guys arguing’: inside the rap beef of the decade with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more
One rapper is accused of being derivative while another is mocked for his height. This jibe leads another to join in and accuse the taller
Montreal metallers Big Brave on doom, despondency and Emily Dickinson: ‘We’re sick as a species’
Since their inception in 2012, Big Brave have amplified the torrential sound of clawing oneself into being. The Montreal trio found their early audiences in
‘I want to show more crotch!’ Sean Bankhead on his raunchy dances for Beyoncé, Cardi B, Lil Nas X and more
This year’s Super Bowl was watched by more than 120 million people in the US, almost as many as watched the moon landings. And in
Spice Girls reunite at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party
The Spice Girls have reunited for a rare performance featuring all five members – at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party, where they danced to their
Swifties queue up for special letter from singer in boost for UK’s Record Store Day
Taylor Swift fans joined queues outside vinyl shops yesterday for the annual Record Store Day in the hope of securing a limited edition note from
Sunday with Shirley Manson: ‘I impersonate my mother by making a chicken dinner’
Sundays growing up? We’d go to Saint Bernard’s in Edinburgh, which had beautiful blue velvet carpets and wooden pews. Upstairs there were little wooden gates,
How Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry toppled the country’s fascist regime
In musical terms, Portugal’s entry for the final of the Eurovision song contest on 6 April 1974 was not what you would typically call a