HOTELS FOR HYPOCHONDRIACS
Feeling a little off-colour as winter drags on? Claire Wrathall is ready with a prescription...
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WHEN MEN WEAR JEWELLERY
Quietly but steadily, men’s jewellery is moving into the mainstream. We sent a novice, John-Paul Flintoff, to check—and try—it out...
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U-TURNS AT HIGH SPEED
The select club of Formula 1 champions who retired, then returned, now has a new member. Past experience tells Sarah Edworthy that the story is unlikely to end well...
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TOM STUART-SMITH'S SEVEN WONDERS
A leading landscape architect chooses his favourite things, from a view in the Lake District to a journey in Peru...
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STICKING TO WHITE IN ARGENTINA
The Wine-List Inspector: Tim Atkin escapes the beef in Buenos Aires and finds that Oviedo has first-class fish, and a cellar to match... read more »
GIVE ME A "W"
The Mission: Will Smith tries cheerleading and finds that it's not all about pompoms... read more »
THE ASHMOLEAN, BY DEGREES
Authors on Museums: The Ashmolean has everything from mummies to a modernist extension, and has played three distinct parts in the life of John Carey, professor of English... read more »
THE GREEN FERRARI
Can a supercar ever really be eco-friendly? Paul Markillie goes to Maranello (via Basingstoke) to find out... read more »
THE INFINITE JESTER
Notes on a Voice: Victoria Beale pins down David Foster Wallace's sprawling talent... read more »
COTTON'S TRUE COST
The Sceptical Shopper: thread count or strand count, Egyptian cotton or Romanian—our undercover expert unpicks the knots... read more »
FROM PSALTERS TO DOWNLOADS
The MP3 is just the latest in a long line of ways of buying music. Tim de Lisle composes a short history ... read more »
Comment of the moment
quote David Foster Wallace's legacy lives on. I still look back on his "This is Water" speech as one of my chief inspirations for all things