‘We tried to levitate the Pentagon’: the almost unbelievable life of Ed Sanders, trickster god of the US counterculture

He gave Jimi Hendrix his gear, freaked out Frank Sinatra, inspired Norman Mailer – and tried to topple the American war machine. As a documentary about his band the Fugs comes out, the 87-year-old giv ...
The New Yorker

Frank Capra’s Mythmaking Magic

A new biography of the director Frank Capra inspires wonder at his irresistible vision of America and his immigrant journey.

In 2001, Tony Bennett and Susan Benedetto helped open a public arts school for 250 students; 25 years later, it offers young New Yorkers a 750-seat concert hall, dance s…

In 2001, late singer and painter Tony Bennett and his wife, Susan Benedetto, helped open a public high school in New York for ...

Eric Cantona, Frank Worthington, Faustino Apsrilla and the rest of the footballing mavericks who rocked the beautiful game

Some former footballers were just quintessentially rock’n’roll, whether they were music buffs, style icons or hellraisers – ...
Jazz Journal

One More For The Road: the Sinatra Music Society lives

Approximately one year ago – 28 September 2025 but who’s counting – I attended, and reported on in these very pages, an event ...
BroadwayWorld

SINATRA THE MUSICAL Star Joel Harper-Jackson to Take Time Away Due to Injury

Jackson, who is currently starring in Sinatra the Musical in London, has revealed that he will be taking time away from the ...

In 1947, Frank Sinatra built a 4,500-square-foot Palm Springs house with a piano-shaped pool for $150,000; the estate is now listed on the National Register and rent…

Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs home had a $150,000 price tag, a piano-shaped pool and plenty of marital drama; today, it ...