Fifty years of Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’: Life without the wild side is not worth living
One of the most unorthodox, dazzling and wild albums in the history of pop music marks half a century
Iman’s decades-long battle against racism in the fashion industry
Despite her university education and ability to speak five languages, the person who discovered the Somali beauty portrayed her as ‘a goat herder.’ After a brilliant, nearly half-century-long career, the iconic top model and entrepreneur talks about the prejudice and inequality she faced during her time on the catwalk
Jefferson Hack, the magazine editor that no one ever turned down
The founder of ‘Dazed’ is said to be the coolest man in England. He has made a living for 30 years by writing about alternative culture
Why the ‘70s was the best decade for popular music
It saw the birth of punk, new wave, hip hop, funk and electronic music, as well as the rise of legends like David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elton John and Tom Petty
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