Love Island 2021 series review: The show used…

It has been one very long, and not very hot summer. One thousand, three hundred and forty hours, one failed Euros tournament and an almost-culled alpaca later, Love Island has finally reached its close, marking…

Graceland at 35: How Paul Simon recorded a…

Weekends in Soweto, South Africa, circa 1985, were the best time to be a musician. The police stayed home for a few days, so they weren’t out patrolling, following the sounds of music to unlicensed…

Transfer news LIVE: Man City prepare final push…

Harry Kane has a shot saved by Wolves keeper Jose Sa during his substitute appearance for Tottenham at Molineux (David Davies/PA Images). (PA Wire)Harry Kane continues to dominate the transfer rumours with Manchester City eager…

Minnie Driver: ‘For the most part, actors are…

It’s not a meritocracy and it’s not a level playing field,” says Minnie Driver. She’s talking about Hollywood, the industry with which she’s had a love-hate relationship for three decades. Roles have rarely come without…

Patrick Cockburn | The Independent

Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. He has been with The Independent since 1990. In 2014 he forecast the rise of…