James Arthur: Liam Payne reached out to me after my fame struggle

Your support helps us to tell the story 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 producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

Two new mysteries show the tariff-proof resilience of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie

Though a war was once fought to defend the American colonies from the whims of a mad king — it worked out well, for a time — we have spent the centuries since importing British culture: its pop music, fish and chips, miniskirts, Mohawks and, most of all, its mystery stories. A cultured breed distinct … Read more

Arthur ‘King Bobalouie’ Moses, who led one of first L.A. Bloods gang sets and sang backup for Delfonics, dies

Tired of having to scrap their way through the streets of West Compton in the early 1970s, A.C. Moses and his childhood friends banded together to defend against the other local gangs that were hassling them. They took to calling themselves the Pirus, after the tiny street where they grew up, and eventually formed one … Read more