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SEDUCED BY BERLIN

Robert Walser's "Berlin Stories", translated into English for the first time, have humble subjects and fabulous images, writes Simon Willis ...

Being There: Fiona Maharg-Bravo reports on life in a city that never sits down to a meal until it has to ...

In the ninth in our series Notes on a Voice, Robert Butler takes on the world's most famous dramatist ...

The distinguished quantum physicist, who worked with Einstein at Princeton, tells Charles Nevin three things he's learnt ...

THE 60-YEAR JOB: DAPHNE SELFE

Charles Nevin meets a model who is more successful in her 80s than she was in her 20s ... read more »
THE 60-YEAR JOB: SIR PETER HALL

On February 6th, Queen Elizabeth II reaches her diamond jubilee – 60 years in the same job. Charles Nevin tracks down six others who have lasted as long ... read more »
THE PLAYLIST: 1972

As a gem of a year for music reaches its ruby anniversary, Tim de Lisle digs out some old LPs ... read more »
THE NEW BEER-MAKERS

Simon Wright meets the so-called gypsy brewers who can take big gambles because they don't own the breweries ... read more »
WHY BLACK IS ADDICTIVE

Fashion designers can't leave black alone. And neither can our columnist Rebecca Willis. She explains why ... read more »
THE FLUSH TOILET IS THE GREATEST INVENTION

Elizabeth I was too embarrassed to use it, but, as Nick Valéry argues, it has saved billions from a far worse fate ... read more »
IN SEARCH OF SERENDIPITY

It means more than a happy coincidence. And it's under threat from the internet. Ian Leslie explains ... read more »