Peter Tork, far right, performing with the Monkees, from left, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, in the 1960s. Photograph: NBC via Getty ImagesPeter Tork, far right, performing with the Monkees, from left, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, in the 1960s. Photograph: NBC via Getty ImagesPop and rockObituaryPeter Tork obituaryKeyboard player and bassist for the hugely successful 60s pop group the MonkeesThe Monkees – Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork – were the first video-based pop act, the first manufactured boy band and one of the most enduring and successful pop groups of the 60s. Read More...
Pennsylvania This article is more than 9 years oldState supreme court justice resigns over pornographic email scandalThis article is more than 9 years oldPennsylvania’s Seamus McCaffery steps down over involvement in growing email scandal that included ‘obscene video of woman in congress with a snake’
A Pennsylvania supreme court justice caught up in a government porn email scandal stepped down Monday after nearly eight years on the state’s highest court, and a judicial ethics board said it would drop its investigation of him as a result. Read More...
OpinionSocial mobility This article is more than 4 years oldThe Guardian view on social immobility: time to rebalanceThis article is more than 4 years oldEditorialAs a new report shows elite jobs are still dominated by the privately educated, it’s clear an approach focused on justice, not only mobility, is needed“For old progressives, reducing snapshot income inequality is the ultimate goal. For new progressives, reducing the barriers to mobility is.” So said deputy prime minister Nick Clegg in 2010. Read More...
