CONTENTS SPRING 2010

SPRING 2010FROM THE EDITOR 

CONTRIBUTORS     

LETTERS ETC
 

 

FEATURES

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE SEASONS?
In some places there are four, in others six, and all around the world they seem to be changing. John Parker reports

FIVE BOYS
Ian Jack tells the complicated story behind a famous photograph

PHOTO ESSAY: HOLY ROLLERS
Ian Winstanley captures the Sadhus of Kathmandu in their finery

MEMOIR OF A SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL FAN
Raymond Whitaker has watched football in his homeland go from the wilderness to hosting the World Cup. He returns to meet an old hero

 

THIS SEASON

A selective guide to spring, featuring the new Pompidou Centre, the plays of Lynn Nottage, a film set largely inside a tank, and more music and talks

 

INTELLIGENCE

THINKING  What philosophers believe: Anthony Gottlieb decodes an opinion poll  

CRIME  The strange case of the light-fingered neurologist

WINE  What goes with soy sauce? The Wine-List Inspector calls on Hong Kong

DESIGN  Semi-public conveniences: Peter York on restaurant loos

FOOD  RePasts: Jon Fasman on salmagundi

             Stove Notes: Simon Hopkinson’s tips for omelette fines herbes

GREEN  Living with a denier? Show them an experiment

CARS  McLaren is roaring into the high street. Paul Markillie visits them

GAMING  Games that small boys can play with their parents

BIOLOGY  Paternity tests are now in the shops. Catherine Nixey follows one case

BOTANY  One country’s plant is another’s weed

 

STYLE

MAIN FEATURE  The champions’ league of fashion: France v Italy v Britain

DRESS SENSE  Linda Grant picks the novelists who are best at dressing their characters

LINE OF BEAUTY  The ice blonde through the ages

SHOPPING  The Sceptical Shopper tests anti-ageing creams

MAN IN A SUIT  Roger Saul, founder of Mulberry, now a spelt farmer

 

CULTURE

HERITAGE  Authors on Museums: Carlos Fuentes in Xalapa, Mexico

ARTS IN GENERAL  The classic works that wouldn’t get made now

MUSIC  The Playlist: the best rock songs of the year so far

BOOKS  The titles most likely to be found on secondhand stalls in New York

               Notes on a Voice: a new series begins with Philip Pullman

               Book Choice: a new column by Maggie Fergusson

VISUAL CV  Matt Damon, by Tom Shone 

 

PLACES

MAIN FEATURE  Mark Twain’s Mississippi: Laura Barton follows in his footsteps    
           
QUARTERS  Hotels with a social conscience                            

BEING THERE  An expat’s view of Rome, by John Hooper                       

SEVEN WONDERS  Nicole Farhi on her favourite places                            

SNAPSHOT  Bolivia’s salt flats          

 

THE MISSION  Will Smith tries cage-fighting

 

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