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Jeremiah Healy obituary | Crime fiction

Describing his private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler wrote that "down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid". Of all the detectives who followed Marlowe down those mean streets in the Chandlerian renaissance of the 1970s and 80s, none dealt more seriously with the

Sam Smith and Normani win copyright lawsuit over Dancing With a Stranger | Sam Smith

Duos 2019 hit was alleged to have imitated 2015 song Dancing With Strangers, performed by Jordan Vincent Sam Smith has won a copyright lawsuit filed by songwriters who claimed Smiths hit Dancing With a Stranger imitated their own track.

Theyre old but theyre still guilty: last Nazi hunter in a race against time

Efraim Zuroff watched the Adolf Eichmann trial on TV 60 years ago. It was the beginning of his long quest for justice He describes himself as the only Jew who prays for the good health of Nazis. As the last Nazi hunter tracking down the last surviving Nazis from the Holocaust, Efraim Zuroff is in

What I'm really thinking: The unattractive woman

I was very young when I realised. Four or five years old. As a girl, you learn very quickly your place in the looks hierarchy. The defining moment was when a shopkeeper mistook me for a boy. After that, Iknew. It didn't help that my best friend was conventionally pretty petite with long chestnut hair.

Belgian noise-rock: the shape of punk to come

Bands like Ghents Raketkanon are taking loud guitar music to new extremes with unhinged stage antics and made-up languages Monolithic riffs. Wonky synths. FX-laden screams. Lyrics sung in a completely made-up language. Out of the 200 acts at Live At Leeds earlier this month, Ghents Raketkanon stood out like a Belgian waffle in a bowl