FROM THE EDITOR

CONTRIBUTORS

LETTERS

 

THIS SEASON

Kenneth Branagh, Terence Davies, Jenny Uglow, and the Freize Art Fair star in our selective guide to autumn. Plus a quick word with Bond's producers.

 

INTELLIGENCE

THINKING | Helen Joyce goes to a test-tube-baby reunion and looks into IVF's future

HISTORY | Andrew Marr's new column: no time like the present

FOOD | In search of the perfect cebiche: Michael Reid reports from Lima

RePasts: jonnycakes, as recommended by Benjamin Franklin

SPORT | Ed Smith on the wiles of Arsène Wenger

THINKING | Move over, management gurus--the journalists have taken over

GAMING | Tom Standage on Spore and user-generated content

GOING GREEN | Robert Butler's new column: little ideas that make life better

ESPIONAGE | Enigma's secret twin, unearthed by Alan Judd

CARS | Paul Markillie does his best to drive economically

WINE | Fortnum's now has a sampling bar. Our Wine-List Inspector calls in

GIVING | Matthew Bishop hits the road with the new Bono--Shakira

ZEITGEIST | Marcus Berkmann on the rise and rise of the suitcase on wheels

 

FLAIR

SHOOT | Well hello, Dalí: fashion meets surrealism, introduced by A.S. Byatt

FASHION | Catherine St Germans new column: the point of stilettos

A woman's guide to men's jeans, by Mary Fellowes

SHOPPING Bikes with a difference: Paris gets a taste for souped-up cycles

Dress Sense: François Nars on red lipstick

Insider Trading: how to buy wood

One perfect...shade of grey, chosen by Gavin Houghton

 

FEATURES

COVER STORY | PRINCE CHARLES
He's about to be 60, and 56 of those years have been spent as heir to the throne. We feel we know him, but do we? J.M. Ledgard scrapes off some prejudices to take a fresh look

AUTHORS ON MUSEUMS
A new series begins with Julian Barnes choosing a personal favourite--a little-known museum in Sicily--partly on the strnegth of two porcupines alone

INDEPENDENT SCIENCE
It ought to be about thinking for yourself, but science has become highly insitutional and even corporate. Susan Blackmore reports from outside the system

PHOTO ESSAY | A NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS
Britain used to be full of funny little shops; now they are being homogenised out of business. Nick Dawe has been photographing them for years

FREEDOMS LOST AND GAINED
Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, liberties are being taken with your liberties. We ask 11 people which freedom lost, and gained, means the most to them

THE COUPLE CRUNCH
How a couple manage their money says a lot about their relationship. As recession looms, Joanna Moorhead talks to couples and counsellors, while Simon Cox explains home economics

ARTS

ART| A walk in the mud with mud with Richard Long, by Robert Butler

MEMOIR | Julie Kavanagh remembers working with Richard Avedon

VISUAL CV | Matthew Sweet on Emma Thompson, from hoofing to "Brideshead"

BOOKS | Little known but much revered: Marilynne Robinson interviewed

FILM | The joy of "Local Hero": Jasper Rees talks to its makers

MUSIC | The Playlist: the very best of Alfred Brendel

PLACES

FEATURE | Going to America for the history: Stephen Budiansky in Gettysburg

OUT THERE | The most scenic train journeys, chosen by the man in Seat 61

BEING THERE | James Hopkins on the life of an expat in Krakow

SEVEN WONDERS | Ilse Crawford, hotel designer, on the places she loves

SNAPSHOT | Boys on the lookout in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia

 

THE MISSION | Will Smith takes up bridge

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