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Roots reggae, thrash metal and pop punk add new layers to familiar holiday tropes.
Beneath the surface was a shy and sensitive actor who used his looks to his advantage, insisting on starring in and later directing movies with weight.
Does the tightening of sartorial standards at the film festival represent a cultural retreat, or a practical return to form?
You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Alice B. Toklas and her partner, the influential modernist writer Gertrude Stein, hosted a celebrated Paris salon. Toklas would go on to write an unusual bestseller.
A range of films spanning different eras confronts viewers with the same question: ‘What if all that hard work isn’t really worth it?’
Although it’s now an Olympic sport, at its core skateboarding is still a counter-cultural activity that represents creativity, community and personal expression.
Violence against LGBTQ people in Brazil is at an all-time high, but artists refuse to be intimidated.
Ramparts started as a Catholic literary magazine. But when Warren Hinckle took the helm, he developed a layout, voice and rebellious spirit that Rolling Stone would go on to mimic.
Crop circles are global phenomena gaining attention as paranormal culture becomes mainstream, along with a hybrid approach that emulates scientific investigation.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono visited Canada on a peace mission: They met with leaders and asked difficult questions, relevant today. How do we effectively protest against social injustices and war?
Reggae in South Africa has lost its visibility and prominence inside the country after apartheid. But local artists have built up extensive international links.
Auctioneers have put a record price tag on the ultimate symbol of 60s counterculture and vintage nostalgia.
A new art exhibition in Johannesburg mines the rich intersections between Mozambique, South Africa and Portugal.
What connects a cartoon frog, misappropriated mythology and the US’s 45th president?
Donald Trump will preside over a new American reality as it takes shape. How can we understand it?
Imagine a world in which the people of California and London shared common citizenship but needed a visa to go to Florida or Cornwall.
Richard Neville was a man of his times: a smart-alec student in the 60s; a drug-smoking hippie on trial in the 70s; to a family man, writer and public speaker in the 80s and 90s.
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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British Academy Global Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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University of Wollongong
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Head of Guildford School of Acting (GSA), University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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