Newspaper
The Independent
The Patti Smith classic that merged punk and poetry
With Horses’ turning 50 this year, Fiona Sturges reflects on how Smith overcame the misogyny of the 1970s rock scene and pays tribute to a masterpiece that nearly didn’t get made
7 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Excess all areas: the story of rock’s wildest documentary
From drug binges to onstage brawls, 2004’s Dig!’ captured the competing highs and self-sabotaging lows of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols. Its director and participants tell Kevin EG Perry about rock’n’roll revolution
8 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Clear solar cells could make skyscrapers power stations
Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells.
1 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
England made to work but Tuchel secures second win
Thomas Tuchel’s otherwise forgettable second win at least brought some memorable firsts.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Why armchair diagnosis is now all the rage on TikTok
Helen Coffey questions why social media users have become so emboldened to pronounce autism and ADHD in others
4 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Morrisons to shut dozens of cafes and stores in shake-up
Morrisons will close 52 cafes and 17 stores as well as dozens of meat and fish counters as it continues a massive overhaul of its store operations under boss Rami Baitieh.
1 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Women live 8 years longer in Chelsea than Blackpool’
Living in the poorest parts of England could cost you almost five years of your life, a report on ageing has revealed.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
An emotionally shattering re-examination of Covid
BBC documentary Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On’ lays bare the political failures and human costs of an unprecedented period in UK history, writes Phil Harrison
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
How a women’s revolution changed the fight game
Alex Pattle talks to the CEO behind a landmark Royal Albert Hall event and fighters about punching through glass ceilings
5 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Yemen strike plans shared with journalist by mistake
The Trump administration has been accused of a gross breach of security after the editor of The Atlantic was included in a group chat with top officials and cabinet secretaries outlining plans to strike the Houthis in Yemen.
6 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
What we know as 1,100 held over Turkey mass protests
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in growing protests across Turkey, after the main rival to the country’s president was arrested and charged with corruption in a move that has been widely decried as politically motivated.
5 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Denmark opposes planned visit to Greenland by Vance
Usha Vance set to arrive on Thursday for cultural visit’ as her husband vice-president JD Vance’s bellicose quotes resurface
2 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Depardieu in court in Paris as sexual assault trial begins
French actor Gerard Depardieu has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting two women on a film set, as he finds himself at the centre of a case that is seen as a potential watershed for the MeToo movement in France.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
‘It’s what happens when you drop a bomb on a hospital’
Surgeon Feroze Sidhwa tells Bel Trew about the teenager he operated on who was killed in his bed by an Israeli airstrike
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Police question Holocaust survivor for laying flowers at Gaza genocide’ protest
An elderly Holocaust survivor has been questioned by police after he laid flowers at Trafalgar Square during a Gaza protest to commemorate the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in the Israel-Hamas war.
4 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Russia continues airstrikes during Saudi ceasefire talks
At least 74 people wounded, including 13 children, after a school and hospital are struck in the Ukrainian city of Sumy
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Will Labour really risk a row about free school dinners? f oo ee
Rachel Reeves says she does not recognise” news reports that ministers are considering the future of free school meals for infant pupils in England it is a devolved matter).
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Village overrun by tourists considers ban on coaches
With its picturesque stone buildings, slow-moving river and welcoming pub, the charming village of Bibury is a well-known destination in the Cotswolds.
2 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Confusion in government over civil service job cuts
There appears to be confusion at the top of government over proposed cuts to the civil service, as a minister has insisted there are no targets for redundancies despite the chancellor saying just one day earlier that 10,000 jobs would be lost.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Only 3 per cent of abusers charged after victim suicide
Only 3 per cent of domestic abusers whose victims took their own lives have faced criminal charges in the past four years, figures show.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
The mountain Labour must climb to fix the welfare state
Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox investigate the figures behind the party’s clampdown on the ballooning benefits bill
8 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Is welfare over warfare right in our dangerous world’?
Bill for working-age benefits twice that of defence, analysis reveals, as debate over government spending intensifies
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Decision to shut Heathrow wasn’t difficult’, says CEO
A quarter of a million passengers who were due to fly to, from or via Heathrow on Friday and over the weekend saw their travel plans wrecked.
3 min |
March 25, 2025
The Independent
Ferrari have hit bottom with Hamilton’s disqualification
Twenty-four hours is a long time in Formula One.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Tuchel brings blunt honesty in pursuit of England glory
For all the headlines that Thomas Tuchel’s comments about Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden caused on Friday, the new England manager admitted he was surprised” at the furore.
5 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Scotland are relegated after heavy home loss to Greece
Scotland were relegated from the Nations League top flight after a 3-0 home defeat by Greece.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
New Canadian PM Carney calls snap election in April
Liberal leader has reversed party’s fortunes and leads polls
4 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Foreman went from boxing monster to cuddly veteran
The story of the former heavyweight champion who changed the sport came in two remarkable acts, writes Steve Bunce
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
‘T’ve always thought Covid may have leaked from a lab, and it could happen again’
Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was labelled a conspiracist when she disputed the official view it started in a wet market. Today, many scientists agree with her, she writes
8 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Andy Peebles, Radio 1 DJ and last person to interview John Lennon, has died at 76
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, who conducted the last ever interview with John Lennon, has died shortly before he was due to start a new presenting gig. He was 76.
2 min |