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Pop: Manhattan transfer

Friday 03 September 1999

New York's creatives are heading for the suburbs. Rock rebels Oneida blaze the trail.

Property: Homes that can work

Saturday 14 August 1999

Developers are waking up to those ditching office life.

A TASTE OF IAIN BANKS'S NEW NOVEL - AND YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A COPY

Sunday 25 July 1999

Open for Business: how chapter one of Iain Banks's new novel begins

Interiors: Bed and boards

Saturday 19 June 1999

In the first of a new series, residents who share the same building reveal what they've made of their separate spaces. Here, five flat-owners in east London show how they turned a disused factory into a domestic palace

Property: Hot Spot - Lock stock

Saturday 12 June 1999

Hot Spot islington & hoxton canalside, north london; Georgian houses by the Grand Union Canal rarely come on the market. So if you see one, you'll have to paddle quickly. By Robert Liebman

Interiors: Oasis of calm

Saturday 15 May 1999

When you've created homes for Kate Moss and both Gallagher brothers, turning a tiny mews cottage into a retro-modernist palace is easy. Jenny Dyson meets Darren Gayer. Photographs by Ian McKinnell

REAL HOMES: STEP INTO THE FUTURE

Sunday 09 May 1999

Nineties trends which will last:

Real Homes: Games without frontiers

Sunday 11 April 1999

What can design-conscious parents do with their children's tacky toys? JUDITH WILSON explains how to have kids and stay hip

Tried & Tested: Put through the mill

Sunday 21 March 1999

Grinding your own pepper is the only way to get it fresh, and just how you like it: fine and powdery or a bit on the rough side.

Property: How to get a winning design on your home

Saturday 13 March 1999

As part of this year's Architect Week, you can get professional advice about your abode and make a charity donation for just pounds 10. By Robe rt Liebman

Real Style: Fear of open spaces

Sunday 07 March 1999

Lofts used to be the height of chic. Then the corporate jocks moved in. Time to pack up says

Books: Laugh? They really tried

Saturday 20 February 1999

In search of funny fiction, Susan Jeffreys travels stony-faced from medieval crypt to stately home - but finds her comic grail in a loft

Books: In Julieworld, no one can hear you scream

Sunday 07 February 1999

Married Alive by Julie Burchill Orion pounds 9.99

Property: Lofty ambitions can be dashed

Saturday 16 January 1999

Need more space? Building up into the roof could well be the answer - but it's not always plain sailing
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