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Kim Kardashian, Rolling Stone and the constant 'death of music'

The glory days were all in our heads — Kim Kardashian's Rolling Stone cover pushed Sinead O'Connor to declare the death of music - at least the third time that music has “died” in recent years. But is it time to stop shouting about pop culture on life support - and stop being sexist and awful to Kim, too?

  • Culture
  • Alex Robert Ross

Things Fall Apart: Reflections 20 years after the Srebrenica massacre

The ghosts of genocide — Between 11-12 July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniaks - mainly men and boys - were killed in the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. Twenty years on, what can Europe learn from the continent’s worst act of genocide since the Holocaust? Michael Fordham, who worked as an aid volunteer and reported from the Balkans during the ‘90s, looks back on a recent history that we must never forget.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

How should we remember the victims of 7/7?

Akram Khan's Olympic tribute still packs a punch — On the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 terrorist attacks on London, few tributes are able to distance themselves from nationalism and divisiveness. But for a brief moment in 2012, an old hymn and some subtle choreography gave us a moment of collective reflection. In fact, it might be all we have, says Alex Robert Ross.

  • Culture
  • Alex Robert Ross

What can Rachel Dolezal teach us about identity politics in America?

Black/white/other — In the wake of the Rachel Dolezal media extravaganza, Tetsuhiko Endo points back at the real issue: that “authentic” racial identity is a myth.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Is there another way for modern football?

FIFA's crisis shows a widening gap between fans and big money — Passion and tradition are still values that we cling on to in football, though many of them have been pawned off as part of a package TV deal in the last few years. With FIFA in turmoil and corruption now intrinsically linked to the game, has football finally cut ties with its roots as the people's game?

  • Opinion
  • Alex Robert Ross

The BBC's click-bait footage of an ISIS attack reeks of propaganda

Iraq coalition mission near Mosul — Helicopters bomb Northern Iraq and we're all meant to feel great about our new government?

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

What is Russell Brand doing interviewing Ed Miliband?

Labour chief appears on The Trews — Michael Fordham explains this unlikely meeting shows how fragmented our political circus has become.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

What happens to your Facebook after you die?

New film: In Memory — A new film explores how people live on online after they have died IRL. Is social media changing the way we understand grief?

  • Opinion
  • Robin Nierynck

Is New York still a city of dreams?

No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

The health guru who lied about having cancer and other righteous fakers

Truth or glory? — Investigators cast aspersions on The Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson, who claimed she survived brain cancer by changing her diet, but she is not the first to fake it to make it.

  • Opinion
  • Shelley Jones

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