NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S PURLS
A show of dauntingly fashionable knitted clothing at MoMu in Antwerp ...
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SEVEN WONDERS: DAVID COLLINS
An interior designer suggests his seven favourite places in the world ...
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THE WINE-LIST INSPECTOR VISITS CHEZ BRUCE
Chez Bruce doesn’t just do wonderful food: it has an outstanding female sommelier, too ...
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ARE ARTISTS LIARS?
Humans are natural-born storytellers, so lying is in our blood. Ian Leslie considers how this comes out in our art ...
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SIX STEPS TO A FULL ENGLISH
The classic cooked breakfast is an endangered species outside hotels. Simon Hopkinson shows how to do it yourself on a Saturday morning ... read more »
RAGE AGAINST THE SEX MACHINE
What is Carmen Callil's real complaint with Philip Roth: that his work is tedious or that it is misogynistic? Jennifer Szalai considers the dust-up over a certain book prize ... read more »
BOB DYLAN'S CURIOUS DOTAGE
Happy Birthday to Mr Dylan, who turns 70 today. He still tours, and tops the charts—but is he a golden oldie, or a tarnished one? Tim de Lisle decides ...
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THE MISSION: WELL GRRROOMED
Will Smith tries dog grooming ... read more »
WHEN HE WAS GOOD
A kerfuffle over a big prize for Philip Roth ... read more »
THE SCEPTICAL SHOPPER: RANGE COOKERS
They may be fashionable, but do these supersized, multi-function ovens earn their keep? Our undercover expert takes their temperature ... read more »
THE WIZARDS OF THE WARHOL MARKET
How big is his market anyway? read more »
Comment of the moment
quote I think it's unfortunate that we, writers, can't be happy that young children want to follow in our foot steps. Sure it is a somewhat difficult career path, with little guarantee of success, and it requires a lot of work, dedication, talent and some risk, but so does being an astronaut or a footballer. Why do we have to make writing sound like some impossible exhausting ritualistic task that only a chosen few can perform ...