JFK’s funeral was the first thing the comedian saw on television. This may explain his fascination with the subject, which he tried to turn into a novel and now here into a poem

Rough Magic’s Seeds double bill is perhaps the most auspicious and brilliant of the company’s culminations yet

Bishop Kevin Farrell reads opening prayer at ceremony to mark Kennedy’s death at Dealey Plaza

A majority in a recent poll still do not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. But the figure is lower than at any point since John F Kennedy’s assassination. What’s going on?

Opinion: The ‘change’ or ‘hope’ symbolised by JFK was not of the kind normally associated with the political left

Reinventing Kennedy to suit books, TV and film has blurred his significance

JFK defied warnings and premonitions from those close to him to visit a very hostile territory

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?

JFK’s ambition went unfulfilled – yet he managed to inspire a generation

Half a century later, unanswered questions and conspiracy theories still lure visitors to the site of US president John F Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas

Tourists still gawp at the grassy knoll, but today’s city is an entirely different place to the Dallas of 1963