FAR FROM ITSY-BITSY
Happiness is a state of undress: why it’s time to stop worrying and love the bikini ...
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DINOSAURS AND ART-MAKING
Josh Smith talks to Ann Binlot about the biggest show he has ever done ...
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WOMEN IN CHINA: A SOCIAL REVOLUTION
Women in China have long been silenced or sidelined—if they weren’t smothered at birth. But now a booming economy has transformed their lives. Hilary Spurling sees the changes for herself ...
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THE TASTE OF AL FRESCO
Does food really have more flavour if you eat it in the open air? Annalisa Barbieri explores the science of eating outdoors ...
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WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
The rock star who wrote “Hope I die before I get old” is now 66. Pete Townshend of The Who tells Simon Garfield about life in a “celebration machine”—and the moment that was nearly his downfall ... read more »
NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S PURLS
A show of dauntingly fashionable knitted clothing at MoMu in Antwerp ... read more »
SEVEN WONDERS: DAVID COLLINS
An interior designer suggests his seven favourite places in the world ... read more »
THE WINE-LIST INSPECTOR VISITS CHEZ BRUCE
Chez Bruce doesn’t just do wonderful food: it has an outstanding female sommelier, too ... read more »
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 »
ARE ARTISTS LIARS?
Humans are natural-born storytellers, so lying is in our blood. Ian Leslie considers how this comes out in our art ... 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 »
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 ...