Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88

One of the great matriarchs of American society, and a champion of the ‘least powerful’, has died in Massachusetts

Obama to summer at Martha’s Vineyard

But will he choose to stay in the area favoured by celebrities or the black elite?

Will JFK’s lover spill enough beans?

White House intern from the early 1960s is writing about her secret affair with President Kennedy

Picture Past: May 19, 1962, Happy Birthday Mr President

1962: Marilyn Monroe sang Happy Birthday at the Democratic rally for President John F Kennedy

Picture past, January 20: JFK

John F Kennedy took the Oath of Office as he was sworn in as US President by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

A brief history of American inaugural speeches

When Barack Obama takes office the world will be expecting a speech of trademark eloquence. How did his predecessors fare?

Esquire’s cover charge

George Lois’s legendary and iconic covers for the great US men's magazine

Picture past, November 22: JFK assassinated

President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas