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The big screen brought to your little screen
At the end of the 1960s, Bond was old hat as the hippies wafted their locks over culture. John Higgs, author of a new book on 007, the Beatles and British identity, explores the culture war that raged over follicular extravagance
Thirty years on from the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Beate Peter remembers a childhood where music was an escape from the strictures of Communism and punk gigs in churches were subversive acts and asks, what needs to happen to complete the process of reunification? Photo of Di Toten Hosen at a church gig by Mark Reeder
Last week, Jack and Meg White revealed that The White Stripes had come to an end. Manish Agarwal, Barnaby Smith, Jeremy Allen, Luke Turner, Ben Hewitt, Tom Howard and Al Denney pick over some of their favourite lesser known gems by the Detroit duo...