THIS SEASON
The people making waves in the arts over the summer, from Martin Creed ringing Britain’s bells to a brilliant Chinese pianist at Verbier, plus Steven Soderbergh’s film about male strippers and Irving Wardle on Jonathan Pryce
INTELLIGENCE
DESIGN
Laptop metalworkers: how to build a breathtaking stadium
A GAME, A GADGET AND AN APP
At last, a better version of Monopoly
STOVE NOTES
Simon Hopkinson on mayonnaise
FOOD
Ricotta is the new vanilla: how ice-cream flavours are changing
THE WINE-LIST INSPECTOR
Tim Atkin drinks in London
THE MUSIC OF SCIENCE
Oliver Morton on the mysteries of infrasound
CARS
Paul Markillie sets out to go a hundred – mpg
STYLE
FASHION
The greatest dress of all, by Veronica Horwell
THE SCEPTICAL SHOPPER
Racing bikes
APPLIED FASHION
All that glisters: Rebecca Willis on our need to shine
THE LINE OF BEAUTY
Rock stars and their hats
MAN IN A SUIT
A summer suit for a historian-hotelier
FEATURES
MARY KOM
Women’s boxing is coming to the Olympics for the first time, and one of its stars has an extraordinary tale to tell. Profile by Rahul Bhattacharya
THE BIG QUESTION
What is the best sport? Matthew Engel sifts the contenders, and five writers go in to bat for their favourite
EAST LONDON
For the East End, hosting the Olympics is another chapter in a long story. Hari Kunzru, novelist and former resident, goes back to see what it means
PHOTO ESSAY
An original take on Los Angeles, by Mitch Dobrowner
OUT OF PRINT?
The Guardian is having a triumph and a crisis at the same time. Tim de Lisle quizzes its editor
CULTURE
LEARNING
What two indestructible polymaths tell us about academic life
MOOD MUSIC
Songs for family car journeys, chosen by Laura Barton
AT THE CINEMA
Tom Shone on Hitchcock and his heirs
AUTHORS ON MUSEUMS
A poet on the pleasures of the Frick in New York
BOOKS
Notes on a Voice: Martin Amis, by John Walsh
Found in Translation: Javier Marías
Six Good Books: Maggie Fergusson loves the sequel to "Wolf Hall"
VISUAL CV
Peter Capaldi, from "Local Hero" to “The Hour"
PLACES
MAIN FEATURE
The people bringing back real food in the Deep South
GOING NATIVE
When in...Venice
SEVEN WONDERS
Frances Ashcroft, scientist, on her favourite places
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Robert Macfarlane in the Scottish Highlands
CARTOPHILIA
Mapping the highs and lows of the Moon
THE MISSION
Will Smith joins a DIY course – for women
LETTERS
Race, Facebook and Northern Ireland
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