Where better to start than Haight-Ashbury, the San Francisco centre of the Summer of Love? At first glance you could be forgiven for thinking that this was 1968 rather than 2008. The main drag is dominated by “head” shops selling crazy-looking bongs, and the boutique windows are full of tie-dye T-shirts. The pavement panhandlers, however, …
Ginny Dougary and teenage sons take a guided tour of Harlem and the Bronx to find the roots of hip-hop. So there I am with my solid crew, two teenage sons and me in Kangol berets, dripping in bling, on loan from our hosts Grandmaster Caz and Reggie Reg, the grandaddies of hip-hop, manoeuvring our …
It’s taken a year, but Ginny Dougary’s latest song is about to be unveiled in public. It’s been a steep learning curve. (Scroll to the bottom of this article to listen to the songs) This time next week, 150 singers will be on a stage crooning a song that has taken a year to write. …
The past year has been a momentous one for David Cameron. As Gordon Brown’s Government stumbles from crisis to crisis, Cameron has reaped the political reward, as his target narrows on No 10. Yet alongside this public ambition has been private grief as he suffered the devastating death of his eldest child, Ivan. Photo: Tom …
As a major exhibition of new landscapes opens, Britain’s best-loved artist talks about mortality, family, his return to his beloved Bridlington, and why iPhones are the future for art. David Hockney is a very funny man. If he ever wanted to give up the day job — about as likely as Bridlington becoming the new …