His cinematic CV is unparalleled. Yet the Alien director is still obsessed with beating his rivals.
Being Gary Lineker
The clean-cut anchorman is this summer's Mr Sport...
Gallic gourmets put France back on culinary map
Overdone, out of touch and old-fashioned: French cuisine has never been at a lower ebb...
So Moorish: Mark Hix's Moroccan dishes
Why not create a north African-inspired feast to share with your friends?
Sin and the single mother
Maureen Paton explores the history of lone parenthood.
The outsider: Margaret Howell
The designer tells Susannah Frankel why she has never felt part of the fashion industry.
The 50 Best luggage
From chic cases to compact baggage, pack it all in this summer
For men only: A pilgrimage to Mount Athos
On a secluded peninsula in north-east Greece lies an enclave that's way off the tourist map, especially for women...
48 Hours In: Faro
More than just the gateway to the Algarve, this city has much to tempt you off the beach.
60 years of Pembrokeshire's National Park
Mick Webb reveals a land of puffins, tanks and Hollywood blockbusters.
Free Range
Meet the artists of the future
Feeding a hungry world – or meddling with laws of nature?
As scientists at Rothamsted's GM trials plead with activists not to sabotage their work, Michael McCarthy visits the battle field
Monkey meat that could be behind the next HIV
Deep in Cameroon's rainforests, poachers are killing primates for food. Evan Williams reports from Yokadouma on a practice that could create a pandemic
Catcalls, whistles, groping: just another day for a young woman
Government urged to take abuse more seriously as London study shows 41 per cent are harassed
Jailing of Maori separatists stirs colonial-era resentment
Militant Tuhoe tribe members defiant amid claims race relations had been set back 100 years