Keith Richards

Silvio Berlusconi is Rolling Stone rock star of the year

Silvio Berlusconi's love life has earned him the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine as "rock star of the year". Silvio Berlusconi on cover of Italian edition of Rolling Stone The magazine's Italian edition has hailed the...

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Wild and eccentric but Susan Boyle lets her voice do the talking

Even critics ill-disposed to the glutinous hype that has preceded Susan Boyle’s debut album, and its “oddball kitsch” (Bob Stanley, in this paper), concede that there is something special about her voice.

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Dave’n’George: there may be trouble ahead

They are the Bullingdon Club boys who cycle to work together and are godfather to each other’s children. David Cameron and George Osborne are neighbours in Notting Hill and if the Tories win power they are planning to set up...

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Hard Rock Hotel: Keith Richards

Mr. Richards isn't only known for his guitar licks. He also made a name for himself hurling televisions over hotel balconies. The guitarist was said to have dropped the one display from the 10th floor of the Hyatt West...

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Lost Classics? The Pointer Sisters

The Pointer Sisters had an enviable run at the top of the charts in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their hits included “Neutron Dance” and the most famous cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire.” The albums that all of these songs...

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Music, revolution and the ’60s

There’s a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars & the Rise and Fall of ‘60s Counter-Culture By Peter Doggett Canongate, 2008 598 pages, $29.95 (pb) When rock and revolution met in the 1960s, chords and commitment combined....

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We’re Scientists And You’re Not

Last week, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force brought Sarah Palin’s death panels into the fore by recommending women in their 40s stop having regular mammograms. No, they didn’t make this tin-eared recommendation for...

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Cardiff Capital and Accountants

from Bridgend are unique in the sense that some firms have established themselves there to serve the multi cultural nature of the city, which became so due to the boom of the coal export business in the world at the late 19th...

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A splendid time is still guaranteed for all…

ESSAY: As the Beatles’ back catalogue is reissued, Ed Barrett salutes the world’s most brilliant, inventive and humorous pop group. In the end, the Beatles managed another six years, by which time they had conquered the planet...

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Delia Smith awarded CBE

Delia Smith has been awarded a CBE by the Prince of Wales, describing it as "a tribute to all home chefs". Through her recipes and popular television programmes Smith, 68, has become a culinary institution, teaching the nation...

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