On this day (November 7) in 1958, Eddie Cochran made his UK chart debut with “Summertime Blues.” Penned by Chochran and Jerry Capehart, the song peaked at No. 18 on the Official UK Singles Chart. It ...

It's summertime and Johnny hits upon the idea of restoring a disused old bar with his old friends Benny and Bobby. Raising the capital however is a problem, but luckily the landlord's geeky daughter ...

The Lemon Popsicle series of movies center on three teenagers living in Tel Aviv, Israel during the 1950's. Pre-dating other American comedies such as Porky’s and American Pie, these films were ...

Chris is joined by his AEI colleague Thomas Chatterton Williams, whose latest book Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse was published earlier this month. The two ...

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Children visit Huaneng Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Science and Technology Museum on July 25, 2025, in Rongcheng, Shandong province. LI XINJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Even before the summer holiday kicked off in ...

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. The weather person on the local news flashes a big grin and says, “It’s beach season!” Many watching cheer. I don’t. I set my thermostat to ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When rocker Eddie Cochran released "Summertime Blues" in August 1958, the concept of "the song of summer" was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that ...

Americans have a long history of enduring heat waves by going outside. In a 1998 essay for The New Yorker, the author Arthur Miller described urbanites’ Depression-era coping mechanisms: People caught ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As an idea, an aesthetic, a palette, I adore the summer. I love its languidness and its juiciness and its ...

It’s about to get John Sebastian singing “back my neck getting dirty and gritty” hot in Portland. Fortunately, red wines with a license to chill can raise goosebumps in all of the right places. When I ...

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...