Longer stuff | March 25, 2013
Interview: Sir Ben Kingsley
••• “Imagine you’re at the circus. You’re looking up at the trapeze artist. What (...Read More)
Longer stuff | February 28, 2013
The daily grind: How we became a nation hooked on coffee
Pope Clement VIII is said to have declared some time in the late 14th century: “This Satan’s (...Read More)
Longer stuff | February 27, 2013
Interview: Roger Federer
There is a problem. It is 8am in Dubai and a freak storm has descended over the improbable desert ci (...Read More)
Longer stuff | December 11, 2012
Live Forever: the scientists trying to cheat death
Cleopatra tried bathing in milk. Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, the first documented female s (...Read More)
Longer stuff | September 15, 2012
A snapshot of modern China
When you take the train from Beijing airport towards the city, you pass through mile after mile of d (...Read More)
Longer stuff | September 15, 2012
Interview: Clive Owen
Clive Owen would be perfect to play Clive Owen in a movie about himself. Usually when you meet someo (...Read More)
Longer stuff | April 30, 2012
Interview: John Pluthero
Discussing abstract art with controversial executive John Pluthero is a slightly surreal experience, (...Read More)
Longer stuff | June 3, 2011
Interview: Vincent Tchenguiz
An afternoon with Vincent Tchenguiz, the property tycoon fighting to clear his name of fraud allega (...Read More)