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How low can you go? Cars and Chicano culture in pictures | Art and design

Lowriding is the Mexican-American subculture of cruising as close to the asphalt as possible. Photographer Owen Harvey went along for the ride Mee-Lai Stone Tue 19 Sep 2023 02.00EDT Last modified on Fri 22 Sep 2023 17.51EDT

Meet the Pugachs | Life and style

Tolstoy writes in his journals about the ambiguity that inhabits all literary characters, and his words float back to me as I sit in Burt and Linda Pugach's half-dark living room in Rego Park, Queens. Net curtains block almost all the white sunlight, Linda's paintings hang a little skewwhiff on the walls and the spongy

Swallow This review horror stories from the food factories

Celebrity chefs sell us the dream of whipping up daily, home-cooked dinners using the freshest ingredients. It pricks our consciences just enough to steer clear of obviously processed food and slip nicely designed meals labelled fresh, healthy or natural into our shopping baskets. The problem, explored by Joanna Blythman in this outstanding investigation into how

The best God joke ever - and it's mine! | Stage

This morning I received thrilling news: a joke I wrote more than 20 years ago has been voted the funniest religious joke of all time! In case you've missed it, here it is: Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I

The Ten Commandments: An interesting insight into the cold war

Director: Cecil B DeMilleEntertainment grade: C+History grade: C The Ten Commandments tells the story of Moses, leader of the Hebrews, considered to have been a prophet by Jews, Christians and Muslims. He is thought to have lived in Egypt, in or around the 14th century BC.