Climbing stairs is possibly the best and cheapest route to fitness ever invented. It's even a sport in its own right. Jane Taylor explains why we should give the lift a miss
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Climbing stairs is possibly the best and cheapest route to fitness ever invented. It's even a sport in its own right. Jane Taylor explains why we should give the lift a miss
Tuesday 08 January 2013
With a thoughtful sentiment behind every trinket, Dodo's jewellery is for the romantic at heart
Sunday 06 January 2013
Pillows by Tom Ford, trinkets by Hermès and YSL, Lanvin props...
Saturday 29 December 2012
'I have to try new things... but I have no idea what will happen'
Sunday 23 December 2012
The wind may be whipping up a storm, but Mark Rowe is invigorated by the raw beauty of the North Devon coast
Wednesday 19 December 2012
We need to renew the language of remembrance. Even before state-funded commemorations of the First World War begin in 2014, a year of solemn preludes looms. Factor in the political push for exit from the EU, and on the national stage the warmer, more inclusive climate of the Olympic season may yield to a backward-looking, introspective mood: a chilling cult of the dead and the past.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Spend two days in Delhi, India's capital and the second biggest city in the country, and your snot will be black.
Tuesday 11 December 2012
In recent decades, many cities have made the transition from industrial to post-industrial, with power stations and factories converted into loft accommodation or cultural centres. Moscow is unique in the number of industrial zones that remain within the city – there are 209 functioning industrial areas inside the city bounds, some of which are right in the centre.
Wednesday 05 December 2012
At school, Rowan Moore would have been the standoffish boy whose demeanour conveyed distracted impatience, but who then asked a very good question. This intelligent and cultured book has those qualities. Why We Build is a humanist's plea for architecture founded – to borrow Paul Simon's lyric – on the "incidents and accidents" of lives and places, rather than on marketing scripts or architectural heroism.
Tuesday 04 December 2012
Former 1980s pop musician Elizabeth Price was last night awarded the Turner Prize for her "seductive and immersive" video trilogy, the first video artist to win for over a decade.
Sunday 02 December 2012
Friday 30 November 2012
Juliet Kinsman selects 10 of the best wellness venues, from day spas to destination retreats
Friday 30 November 2012
The nation that finessed fast food also boasts a world-class culinary scene. By Andy Lynes
Friday 30 November 2012
These quirky courses will change your game, says James Cusick
Thursday 29 November 2012
The landlord wrongly arrested for the murder of Joanna Yeates said it would be “unacceptable” for David Cameron not to adopt any recommendation from Lord Justice Leveson to introduce some form of statutory regulation.
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