REMEMBERING ROSE GRAY

Christopher Hirst pays tribute to one of Britain's most important chefs ... read more »
COMMENTS: 4 | ADD NEW COMMENTWILLIAM KENTRIDGE'S NOSE FOR FARCE

William Kentridge's unique staging of "The Nose", Shostakovich's take on Gogol's grimly absurd story, premieres at New York's Metropolitan Opera tonight. Vivien Schweitzer talks to the artist about his work ... read more »
THE FATE OF DELHI'S "MAGICIANS' GHETTO"
Bulldozers are soon expected to raze Delhi's Kathputli slum, home to the city's circus performers. Simon Wroe talks to locals who may soon be left homeless ... read more »
OF MYTHS AND MUSEUMS

In honour of Charles Darwin's birthday, Natasha Lennard reports from a creationist museum in rural America ... read more »
COMMENTS: 15 | ADD NEW COMMENTWILLIAM WORDSWORTH: A CONTINUOUS FORCE

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 »
MEXICO'S HIDDEN BLACKS

The black descendants of slaves in Mexico struggle against entrenched racism. Alexis Okeowo explores the so-called first free slave town in the Americas ... read more »
RETURNING TO TIBET

Much of Lhasa was ransacked by Tibetan rioters in 2008. Life in Tibet is finally returning to normal, sort of. The Economist's Beijing correspondent reports on his first visit back ... read more »
TASMANIA, OUTER SPACE ON EARTH

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 »
QUARTERS: UNREFINED ROOMS

As part of our series on inspiring places to stay, Adam Roberts unearths hotels built of nature’s raw materials and little else ... read more »
DINING AT MCLAUNDRY

What restaurant could possibly follow a meal at the French Laundry? McDonald's, of course. Mark Vanhoenacker compares the two ... read more »

