11 Editor's letter

13 Notes on contributors

THIS SEASON | THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT THIS WINTER

14 From Russia with Life

15 Ang Lee gets back; Film at a glance

16 Anna Netrebko; Lucian Freud; Music games

18 Ice rinks; Portishead; Rock at a glance

20 Diana Athill; Non-fiction at a glance; Fiction at a glance; Noah's Ark, the sequel

INTELLIGENCE | HEDONISM WITH ITS HEAD ON

22 Green | It's a two-pipe problem, Watson

25 Zeitgeist | Photo books

26 Giving | Dons and donations

28 Cars | Paint your wagon

33 Survey | Air sick

34 Food and drink | Hot stuff

35 Food and drink | RePasts no 1

35 Sport | No boundaries

40 Thinking | Lazy language, lazy thought

42 Wine | Chez Soi, n'est-ce pas?

46 Espionage | Double oh-you

47 Design | What lies beneath

FLAIR | STYLE WITH SUBSTANCE

51 Shoot | New heirlooms

59 Fashion | Past glories

61 Fashion | The waist

62 Shopping | Stationers

63 Shopping | Persian carpets

65 Lighting | One perfect ... lamp

FEATURES

66 Genesis, Milton, this man [Philip Pullman]

74 1968

87 How clever are we?

94 Photo essay | China choking

106 Him indoors

118 The man who glimpsed Utopia

CULTURE | SMART ARTS

128 Theatre | Very first nights

134 Books | Memoirs of a nobody

136 Music | Daniel Barenboim

138 Music | The playlist

PLACES | A WORLD AWAY

140 Snapshot | The Northern Lights

142 Dossier | Glamping

144 Being there | Washington alphabet

148 Explorers | Terra Cognita

156 Seven wonders | Ken Howard

THE MISSION | WILL SMITH

142 Golf

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