Paris says that, in a year, you’ll be able to swim in the Seine. But don’t let that stop you going wild in Britain now, says Kashmira Gander

How can poor people hang on when the developers move into an area – and how can the incomers atone? In New York, reports Kashmira Gander, there's a meeting where you can go and bear witness

Dr  Gomperts has devoted the entirety of her work and life to helping women safely terminate pregnancies 

Home-made magazines are an increasingly popular, and commendably democratic, journalistic trend. Kashmira Gander takes a look between the covers

Maynard James Keenan brings his eclectic post-industrial music/comedy extravaganza to the UK and Europe for the first time

Some women in Iran are challenging compulsory hijab laws by dressing in a more conventionally masculine way and cutting their hair. The Independent spoke to Kajal, a woman living in the country, about how cutting her hair allows her more freedom 

Beginning a three-part series, The Independent’s founding editor Andreas Whittam Smith heads toward his EU referendum decision by looking at the union’s post-war genesis – and why Britain has always been the odd one out

From the pressure of vlogging ruining a relationship to harassment from obsessed fans, life behind the scenes isn't always rosy

One of the founding fathers of the grunge movement, Chris Cornell has branched out in recent years and become a masterly acoustic virtuoso 

Co-chair of Conservatives for Britain said the nature of the EU campaign so far has been 'breathtakingly disheartening'

Judges will announce their decision on Thursday 

The nigh-on-impossible to define quintet rake through their BBC sessions and stream them exclusively with The Independent

Chelsea Covington wants women to have ownership over their own bodies. She has been appearing across the US bare-chested for three years as part of the topfreedom movement, which pushes for gender parity by challenging laws allowing men to be bare-chested in areas where women are not

Russia has had a tough job winning over Europe in recent years given its poor gay rights and the Ukraine crisis

Both Lloyd and Juliet Stevenson have spoken out against rising ticket prices that alienate new theatregoers

From attacking Beyonce's feminist credentials to being threatened with being sued by Sarah Palin