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They’re doing nothing. But theirs is a tense nothing, a studied nothing, a nothing filled with something. Hands in pockets, leaning on a parked truck, eyes left and eyes right, nobody talking, just standing there, on a corner, three men, white vests, sinewy arms, little rat-tail haircuts.

Boys, really. Our car stops. Shadows from the crude barrio buildings fall across the rain-wet road, their edges softene…

"The world's only 87-year-old sex symbol," is how a guest described the writer James Salter to me last night. She wasn't joking. There he was, in the middle of the room, straight backed, elegant in blazer and tie, a glass of red wine in his hand, surrounded by adoring men and women, smiling graciously, signing books, gently playing everything down.

The party, thrown by Picador, the publishing house, in a swan…

Set your Sky+, or whatever it is you use, for 9.20pm this Saturday because BBC2 is screening new David Bowie documentary 'Five Years', which features unseen footage and performances, plus interviews with all his key collaborators, as it takes a close look at five key years in Bowie's life - 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, and 1983. Directed by Francis Whateley, it took 10 years to put together so is well wo…

Dance music pioneers Daft Punk’s explosive — and expensive — new album could have blown up in their faces. Instead, it’s pumped new life into the music industry.

Belgian footballers have been the stars of this Premier League season. So how did a tiny nation manage to produce the most vibrant young players in the world?

Esquire spends a day in LA with Chris Pine - Captain Kirk, CIA hotshot Jack Ryan and Hollywood's new breed of leading man.

News just in: the music business is in trouble. But wait. All is not lost. Today, savvy musicians are working out that there are still ways to make serious money in pop.

Esquire's Editor-At-Large Giles Coren explains why he decided to give up the drink (and how he's never felt better). Plus his 12 rules of boozelessness.

War reporter Ben Anderson talks to British and US serviceman in Afghanistan on the real story the politicians don't want you to hear.

As the dust from the Lance Armstrong case settles, Tim Lewis goes to Rwanda to investigate how the future of pro cycling lies in sub-saharan Africa.