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Perspective: US rapper Afroman cleared after police sued him over use of home raid footage

Executive context: Chart-topping artist Afroman faces legal victory as lawsuit from Ohio police is dismissed.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Perspective: ‘We keep secrets because we’re scared’: Guvna B on porn addiction and recovery

Executive context: The award-winning musician opens up about his struggles with stigma and shame while seeking help.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Perspective: Val Kilmer set to be resurrected with AI for new film

Executive context: As Deep As the Grave, the true story of 1920s archeologists, will bring late actor back with support from his estate.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Perspective: Shaun Ryder on highs, lows and Happy Mondays: ‘Heroin isn’t a party drug – you can’t just do it at the weekend’

Executive context: The singer reflects on his chaotic life, music career, and the realities of addiction in a candid interview.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

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Perspective: Len Deighton, spy novelist and author of The Ipcress File, dies aged 97

Executive context: British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’

Executive context: From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: Avant-pop Star Mary Ocher on Politics and Leaving Israel

Executive context: Mary Ocher discusses her journey from Israel to Germany, her new album, and her views on nationalism and AI.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

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Perspective: And the winner is ... all of us? How the Oscars have changed for the better

Executive context: The diversified Academy and a mutating industry have changed what many had come to expect from the stuffy, rule-following Oscars.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

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Perspective: One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks

Executive context: The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

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Perspective: John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘He’s become the archetype of the hyper-online conservative troll’

Executive context: The late-night host dug deep into JD Vance’s political shift into a rightwing troll second in line to the US presidency.

Editorial Staff Mar 16