The Independent

Ali Hewson: Edun regained

30 May 2010 12:00 AM

They live in a mass slum; she lives in luxury. But Ali Hewson – perhaps better known as Mrs Bono – is determined to bring a little bit of paradise to these African lives;and in so doing, she is breathing life back into her ethical-fashion company

Summertime 2100, and the living isn't easy

30 May 2010 12:00 AM

What will London be like a century from now? Seven degrees warmer, with water-absorbent streets and parched public parks. Marek Kohn paints an unnerving picture of metropolitan life in the sweaty grip of a radically changed climate

Oliver James: It's all about you

30 May 2010 12:00 AM

The ultimate question of parenting: how to ensure your baby has a happy childhood. And the answer the flamboyant psychologist Oliver James has come up with? Selfishly enough, it's working out what you want to get out of the experience...

Mickey Rooney: The Mickey show

14 December 2008 12:00 AM

Mickey Rooney has eight wives and 320 films to his name. So why is the 'greatest actor America has ever seen' playing second fiddle to Bobby Davro in a West Country panto? Nick Duerden is granted an audience

Maia Norman: Move over, darling

14 December 2008 12:00 AM

She is Damien Hirst's partner, and enjoys all the trappings of life with one of the world's most bankable artists, but now Maia Norman wants to find fame on her own terms: as designer of a new high-octane fashion range

Jonathan Meades: 'I have saucisson issues'

09 November 2008 12:00 AM

He is a former restaurant critic who was fed up with 'tosser' TV chefs and the 'ersatz' food culture of Britain. So Jonathan Meades fled to the belly of France to eat himself silly...

Weighty matters: The best of this season's cookbooks

09 November 2008 12:00 AM

What's a chef gotta do to get a show around here?

09 November 2008 12:00 AM

He spent a year in the finest kitchens in Paris, he's got an original TV idea and he's got a 'characterful' face. So Michael Booth wants to know...

Big chef, little chef: What does it take to become a kitchen star?

09 November 2008 12:00 AM

In this special section we explore the whole circus of culinary celebrity: from overstuffed critics and TV wannabes to voracious publishers. But first, we ask top chefs to introduce their most promising protégés, whose recipes could have Gordon and Heston shaking in their checked trousers

It's time for The Terrys!

09 November 2008 12:00 AM

Another year, another 280 meals out. Our restaurant critic Terry Durack presents the only food awards that count – as he recalls what slipped down a treat and what stuck in his throat

The Austerity Issue: don't panic

02 November 2008 12:00 AM

Amid the bewildering complexities of the global financial crisis, one simple fact stands out: the little we have left needs to go a lot further. Fear not! We'll show you how to endure the forthcoming recession with a bit of grit, some nous and the wise advice of our post-war forebears. And you never know, you might have a laugh or two along the way... To begin our special issue, a celebration of the true heroine of austerity Britain: the housewife