From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples It’s hard to ...

Streaming has revolutionized how audiences consume television, and over the past few years, a handful of new original shows have dominated screens worldwide. According to an analysis of around six ...

As the clock resets on New Year’s Day, many K-pop listeners follow a small but familiar ritual: choosing the first song they will play in the New Year. It is a habit rooted in the idea that music can ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

If 2025 ended with a bang thanks to Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar, it began with a storm too. It was Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava that gave the Hindi film industry its first win, and the actor his biggest ...

States across the country have also passed new rules around cellphone usage for minors, medically assisted death and gender-related care. By Chris Hippensteel and Sonia A. Rao Artificial intelligence.

The 2026 midterms are coming, and Republicans have work to do if they want to hold Congress. Yet the nation’s MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 and stretching to justify President Trump’s ...

The signature motif of Kantara: A Legend — Chapter 1, India’s second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in its death throes, or ...

1965 was a historic year for Hindi cinema. In the year of Sunil Dutt’s definite masala movie in Waqt and Dev Anand’s philosophical musings in Guide, a triumvirate of future stars were born. It was ...

From a folk murder ballad to an impassioned call for peace, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-heard tracks of the year The pick of 2025’s film, music, art, TV, stage and games, chosen by ...