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John Lennon's widow was once an object of ridicule. A new Tate exhibition argues it's time to see her as a great artist in her own right

In a new exhibition of her work at Tate Modern, Yoko Ono is described as “a leading figure in conceptual and performance art, experimental film and music”. This is true, but omits what most people would think of when the 90-year-old artist’s name comes to mind – her years, throughout the 1970s, as the wife and collaborator of John Lennon.

A new biography by Alice Sedgwick Wohl illuminates the life of Andy Warhol’s muse, collaborator, and mirror image.

How can a band as beloved as C.C.R. still seem underappreciated? And is that finally beginning to change?

Rod Serling’s early anthology series showed the ambitions and the potential pitfalls of high-minded television.

Todd Gitlin never left the left.

He earned his stripes in the antiwar movement of the 1960s. In his later years, he was often critical of his erstwhile kindred spirits.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last...

Hi everybody! How are you? Welcome, nice to have you with us! The sun is shining here in London — it’s going to be a scorcher, as they say! ‘How are you this morning? I hope you’re all fit and well and it’s gonna be a gorgeous day, very, very hot indeed in most areas and as I said the sun is already shining here in London, it’s just great to see that, just makes everybody feel better, doesn’t it?!!’ So began Tony Blackburn’s show Sounds Of The Sixties on Radio 2 early last Sat...