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'I've issued several draconian pronouncements about life being different from now on'
Tim Dowling tries to survive without television -
Wyse words
Spamazon
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One million tiny plays about Britain
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Planned retreat
Lucy Mangan: Toryboy and I recently celebrated our fourth anniversary
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Q&A
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American psyche
George Saunders: Reality shows are all the rage here in America, so I started my own -
How to ... mess things up
Guy Browning: Making a mistake is easy but making a mess of something requires a bit more work
Features & comment p12
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A machine keeps me alive
Experience: One evening in 1994, I stopped breathing while watching TV. Fortunately my husband Pete, a firefighter, had not gone to rugby training that evening and resuscitated me
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A peek at the diary of ... Ant and Dec
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Letters
This week's readers' letters and emails
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The long slide
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'Thank God hip-hop came along'
Music turned Tracy Marrow into rap star Ice-T and saved him from a life of gangs and robbery. Here, together with author and film-maker Nelson George, he reflects on the forces that can conspire to make crime attractive, inevitable even
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The measure
What's hot and what's not -
The measure
What's hot and what's not -
From papier-mache penis to plaid
Alexis Petridis on the questionable items in the spring/summer 08 menswear collection -
Pretty in print
Jess Cartner-Morley: This is being hailed as the Summer of Print. Those of us who missed the Summer of Love may feel we have drawn the short straw, but there you go
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Eyeliner
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What I see in the mirror
Emilia Fox: Left to my own devices, I don't look in the mirror much, but when I'm at work I'm plonked in front of one for an hour each day
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Chive talking
Chives are the unsung heroes of the British kitchen, with a mild, oniony bite that makes a welcome mark on all sorts of savoury dishes, says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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Source it
Nikki Duffy: The British chive begins in April and lasts until September. In supermarkets and greengrocers, you'll find cut chives and pots of growing chives
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Around Britain with a fork
Matthew Fort meets a butcher after his own heart in Gloucestershire
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How to bake
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The new vegetarian
Yotam Ottolenghi on how to serve asparagus
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Restaurant review
Matthew Norman reviews Lahore Original Kebab House, London, NW4
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A little place I know
Picked by Sam Clark, co-chef/patron of Moro in London
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Trading down to trade up
Victoria Moore: If you know what to look for, you can often get a better (although different) drink more cheaply
Features & comment p81
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Doctor, doctor
Dr Tom Smith answers your questions -
Parkour vs coasteering
Comparing the benefits in parkour vs coasteering
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Are you happy?
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This column will change your life
Oliver Burkeman: 'First and foremost, it's important to be yourself on a first date," writes the relationship expert Lisa Steadman, author of It's A Breakup, Not A Breakdown
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What women don't understand about men
Lisa thinks I've suggested that her new man, Lloyd, is too good for her. To get out of trouble, I've used the analogy of how stupid it would be if someone awarded her the title of the Best-Looking Woman In London -
Love by numbers
Dr Luisa Dillner on the benefits of relationship counselling
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Do the time warp
It hasn't changed since the 50s. Now, the new owner of this house wants to preserve the past - but update it, too. Hannah Booth reports
Features & comment p88
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Space solves
From good-quality plastic cutlery to newspaper hangers: Space solves all your problems
Features & comment p95
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Confessions of a collector
Hunter Davies: Railwayana really is romantic and also terribly serious, with lots of subsections, most with their own clubs, organisations and magazines
Features & comment p97
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Let's move to ...
Llandudno, Conwy
Features & comment p98
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Master of disguise
Clever camouflage can hide the ugly bins and boxes that blight front gardens, says Lisa Buckland
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Green flower power
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Clippings
Lia Leendertz: Marigolds are murder but ladybirds are lovely
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Stumped?
Lia Leendertz: Can I compost cereal boxes? | Turn you garden jungle into a safari park
Features & comment p105
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On the road
Features & comment p107
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Dork talk
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Gadget clinic
Album identification problems and solar-powered speakers
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In pictures: terms and conditions
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