Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

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In the 1980s, it seemed that with every passing year, pop music became more and more of a fan favorite. If you track the Hot 100 charts in the decade, you can see classic rock music rise and fall as ...

Did you know that Sanae Takaichi, who became Japan’s first female Prime Minister this week, was once a heavy metal drummer? Politics and music aren’t miles apart, with musicians frequently using their ...

Japan’s incoming prime minister is a heavy metal drummer with an iron will — that insiders say gives her an in with President Trump. Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister ...

Japan's "Iron Lady" listens to… Iron Maiden? The country's parliament elected veteran ultraconservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi to serve as the next prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first ...

Here are 11 essential '90s metal albums you should own on vinyl. The decade marked a time of transition for metal in more ways than one. Veteran acts such as Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden had already ...

SANAE Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first ever female Prime Minister. The conservative hardliner, 64, who was inspired by Margaret Thatcher, is set to be sworn in later today after agreeing to ...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and ...

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...

Oklahoma City’s underground and lauded sludge rock and metal quartet Chat Pile and Texan ambient and folk guitarist Hayden Pedigo could answer that question if it ever crossed your mind. Despite ...

A set of recruits who attended Saturday’s game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Tennessee Volunteers have reportedly decided they’ve seen enough and won’t be attending the latter following a ...