It’s all too personal
When I was little I owned a set of pencils that had my name engraved on them. I didn’t have…
It’s all too personal
When I was little I owned a set of pencils that had my name engraved on them. I didn’t have…
Italy: I’ve got Rome on repeat
My year was topped and tailed with trips to Rome. In March, as the blossom unfurled along the Tiber and…
The new first lady
It was a race between the first dude — Bill — and the first nude — Melania. And in the…
Notes on California
The mood in California was apologetic. Most people we met seemed embarrassed that their country’s dirty laundry was being aired…
Notes on California
The mood in California was apologetic. Most people we met seemed embarrassed that their country’s dirty laundry was being aired…
Unhappy Pill
A study came out last week that should have caused great alarm. For 13 years, researchers at the University of Copenhagen studied…
‘I have become their voice’
When the model and actress Anastasia Lin was crowned Miss World Canada last year, a fairly easy and lucrative career…
Heads in the cloud
Ask me what I had for lunch yesterday and I couldn’t tell you. Names disappear as swiftly as smoke.-Birthdays, capital…
Indoor gardening
A year or so ago, I inherited a cardboard box filled with plants. It was an offshoot from an enormous…
Indoor gardening
A year or so ago, I inherited a cardboard box filled with plants. It was an offshoot from an enormous…
Fear of the baby-snatchers
Why many mothers with post-natal depression now dread a visit from social services
Rise of the Norland nanny
Edwardian childcare has been updated, and the oligarchs can’t get enough
Unreliable evidence
I hadn’t really thought much about pixels before, despite spending a large portion of my day looking at them. After…
Unreliable evidence
I hadn’t really thought much about pixels before, despite spending a large portion of my day looking at them. After…
The young entrepreneurs making the best of Spain’s crisis
Lara Prendergast finds delicacies amid the dilapidation in Andalucía
The roots of the matter
British people buy £43 million worth of human hair a year. So who’s selling?
Sonia alone
In 1978, shortly before she died, the artist Sonia Delaunay was asked in an interview whether she considered herself a…
Sicily
Syracuse is a handsome place, steeped in a rich historical broth. At the tip sits Ortygia, an island offshoot, which…
South Africa: In the footsteps of Mr Clarke
Not everything is forgotten in the new Johannesburg, finds Lara Prendergast
Erotic review
It has been a vintage season for mannequins. At the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, an exhibition called Silent Partners looks…
Old master
Juvenilia is the work produced during an artist’s youth. It would seem logical to think, therefore, that an artist’s output…
In bed with the jihadis
War can reshape the medium of television. The First Gulf War was a landmark moment in broadcasting: CNN had reporters…
Space invaders
Jeff Koons’s ‘Bear and Policeman’ has been used to advertise the Hayward Gallery’s latest show The Human Factor (until 7…
Space invaders
Jeff Koons’s ‘Bear and Policeman’ has been used to advertise the Hayward Gallery’s latest show The Human Factor (until 7…
