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Judd Apatow: ‘Trump is not intellectually capable of leading the US’

The comedy polymath behind ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ speaks to Clémence Michallon about politics, letting go of grudges, and his new film, ‘The King of Staten Island’

Musicians reveal how they are coping without touring

Cancelled gigs and tours have hit musicians hard but the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Rufus Wainwright and Tim Burgess have filled the void by getting creative online. There’s still hope, they tell Alexandra Pollard

World

Luke Taylor Narco-submarines, torpedoes and squid: How drug cartels are adapting to lockdowns around the world

Luke Taylor in Bogota reports on the challenges drug traffickers face from the Covid-19 pandemic, and the innovative solutions some have found to get around them

Travel questions

Simon Calder What are my immediate chances of travelling to the US?

Simon Calder answers your questions on trips to the US and Italy, changing the departure airport for a rebooked flight, and new insurance policies 

Long Reads

David Barnett Debut novelists beware: ‘Some publishers only want trophy authors’

The publishing world loves a debut author. But is too much emphasis put on the ‘next big thing’ at the expense of building careers? And are Bame writers missing out? David Barnett reports

Tony Evans Premier League

Liverpool need only look to past to know title is well worth the wait

The Reds are set to capture another record when they eventually claim the title in English football’s longest ever season

The Independent’s Happy List 2020: Heroes in a crisis

It’s time for you to nominate the great Britons doing remarkable things in response to the pandemic

Andrew Feinberg Trump insiders say his campaign is falling apart

'No one wants to get fired, so no one will tell the President why he’s losing — but maybe that’s OK because none of them understand why'

How Italia 90 started football’s love affair with music

New Order’s Peter Hook, Keith Allen and The Farm’s Peter Hooton on how ‘World in Motion’ and Italia 90 fused music, football and fashion in a way that changed British culture for decades. James McMahon describes a summer like no other

Lorde’s Melodrama captures the second adolescence of being queer

The New Zealand artist’s debut album ‘Pure Heroine’ pulled its emotional punches in favour of analytical – even anthropological – observations, writes Alexandra Pollard. Four years later, in the wake of a painful break-up, she lost her cool

Worldwide Knit In Public Day: Everything you need to start knitting

It's a hobby that can come in handy if you’re looking to hand make clothes, gifts or simply trying to improve your dexterity

Queen in first major appearance since lockdown for official birthday

Queen’s ‘official’ birthday is celebrated on second Saturday of June

What does new ‘support bubble’ rule mean for single people?

On Wednesday, Boris Johnson announced that people living alone in England can form a ‘support bubble’ with one other household and stay overnight

Canadian indigenous chief Allan Adam battered by police during arrest

Video of incident described as 'shocking' by Justin Trudeau and raises questions over racism in Royal Canadian Mounted Police