Books News Poetry Jack Kerouac’s 20 best haikus by Tammy Moir Widely known as the bestselling author of On the Road, Jack Kerouac was the heart and pulse of the beat generation, but he was more than a novelist, he was…
Features A history of the troubadour: from the High Middle Ages to Bob Dylan by Luke Saunders Is Bob Dylan the last surviving troubadour? A brief history of the travelling song men of the High Middle Ages before the Black Death wiped them out. Bob Dylan was…
Features 5 amazing things you didn’t know about Neal Cassady by Luke Saunders Neal Cassady is one of the most fascinating and mysterious figures in American history. An intellectual and a bigamist, a drug-taker and a spiritual visionary, a poet and the muse…
Books Features ‘Janis: Her Life and Music’: a celebration of rock’s first female superstar by Luke Saunders Around 1 a.m. on 4 Oct, 1970, Janis Joplin skin popped a dose of ‘China White’ heroin at Room 105 of the Landmark Motor Hotel. The batch was 40-50 percent…
