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The French Laundry in California is a foodie Mecca. But with all its emphasis on the food, the restaurant's wine takes second place. Tim Atkin considers what's on offer in his latest wine column ...  read more »

It’s been an immense career, but an uneven one. With "Shutter Island" now proving to be Martin Scorsese's biggest box-office hit, Tom Shone draws up a list of his eight best films ...  read more »

We all wish we could press rewind sometimes. Tom Standage looks at a few video games that make this possible ...  read more »

Club DJ-ing can’t be that hard, can it? Will Smith takes a class with DJ Daredevil...  read more »

Is it possible to pinpoint the world’s best cheese? Christopher Hirst consults the experts and holds a week-long tasting ...  read more »

William Wordsworth didn’t just live in the Lake District—he helped define it. For the sixth in our series of favourite museums, Ann Wroe celebrates Dove Cottage, once his home, now his memorial ...  read more »

Tasmania’s clear skies are made for eavesdropping on the stars. Nicholas Shakespeare went to live there and found some interesting links to the rest of this planet too ...  read more »

Ed Smith had a theory that sprinters—like greyhounds and racehorses—were not getting any faster. But then came Bolt ...  read more »

In 1989 James Fenton startled his friends by moving to a derelict farm to set about making a spectacular garden. Now he has surprised them again by selling up. Julie Kavanagh talks to Fenton and friends-and his gardener, Mike Collins ...  read more »

Rout cakes have faded into obscurity, as podgy and forgettable as Joseph Sedley of "Vanity Fair", writes Jon Fasman ...  read more »