Risotto primavera ©Andy Sewell Rowley Leigh May 17, 2013

Risotto primavera

A riot of colour that encapsulates, as Botticelli’s painting of the same name does, the vibrancy of spring

The enlarged skull of a child suffering from hydrocephalus or 'water on the brain' ©Joakim Blockstrom May 10, 2013

Hunterian Museum

From ribcages deformed by corsets to tools for drilling through the skull, the shelves of th 200-year-old London museum are packed with 60,000 remarkable (if grisly) specimens of surgical progress

Rowley Leigh's strawberry cake ©Andy Sewell From FOOD & DRINK May 10, 2013

Strawberry cake

‘My original recipe was rather complicated; so I resolved to produce this simpler version’ - Rowley Leigh

Shay Navarro ©Ben Roberts May 3, 2013

Everton: how the blues made good

Year after year, Everton outperform much richer and starrier football clubs

Duck and sweetbread stew with morels ©Andy Sewell May 3, 2013

Duck and sweetbread stew with morels

‘The meat was manly but refined and served in a light, clear jus full of the flavour of duck’ - Rowley Leigh

The south stand, the ‘Curva Sud’, hailing its heroes on April 21 2013. Juventus beat AC Milan 1-0 ©Mattia Zoppellaro Apr 26, 2013

My Juventus

Has Italy’s legendary football club fallen victim to the problems of the nation itself? Simon Kuper meets club president Andrea Agnelli

white asparagus with speck and sorrel ©Andy Sewell From FOOD & DRINK Apr 26, 2013

White asparagus with speck and sorrel

White asparagus is often pronounced ‘bitter’ simply because it is undercooked, says Rowley Leigh

Justices of the Supreme Court including the president, Lord Neuberger (front row, centre) and the only female justice, Lady Hale ©Rick Pushinsky Apr 19, 2013

British Institutions: The Supreme Court

‘The most striking fact about this place is its informality. Grandeur and remoteness have been swept away,’ writes Matthew Engel

Rigatoni with artichokes and bacon ©Andy Sewell From FOOD & DRINK Apr 19, 2013

Rigatoni with artichokes and bacon

Sliced and lightly cooked, these baby artichokes will retain freshness and bite

Swedish teenagers ©Maja Daniels Apr 12, 2013

In the mists of Älvdalen

Maja Daniels’ photographs of a singular Swedish community

Apr 12, 2013

FT masterclass: Building a bamboo bicycle

Rob Penn finds an affordable way to attain the kudos of a bespoke frame

From FOOD & DRINK Apr 12, 2013

Blanquette of veal with mint

While a bit of a museum piece, Rowley Leigh finds this dish one of the most satisfying to cook and eat

From FOOD & DRINK Mar 29, 2013

Panna cotta with mango and strawberries

After the privations of Lent, a few rules can be broken, says Rowley Leigh, and the first is a dietary one

Mar 22, 2013

The Iberico journey

Extremadura’s black pigs make prize hams. At a traditional slaughter, food lovers face the reality of a delicacy

Mar 16, 2013

Iraq: 10 years later

A decade on from the US invasion, Roula Khalaf returns to find a country that is still struggling to find its future

Mar 15, 2013

A Rowley Leigh recipe: Castelfranco salad with pears and blue cheese

‘A fresh head of salad, prepared for the occasion – no leaf incarcerated in a bag can possibly compare’

From FOOD & DRINK Mar 8, 2013

Salambôs, or caramel cream puffs

‘I have always had a soft spot for Salambôs,’ says chef Rowley Leigh

Mar 1, 2013

Sixty years of DNA

An astonishing archive of personal and theoretical material about genetics is to be placed online by the Wellcome Library

Mar 1, 2013

Mother’s Day gift guide

Small indulgences – from a book a month to a box of macaroons – to show your appreciation

Mar 1, 2013

Pineapple upside-down cake

The acidity of fresh pineapple counterbalances the sweetness of the cake and caramel

Feb 22, 2013

Paradise regained?

The landscape photographs of Eduardo Martino depict mining and agricultural activity in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais

Feb 22, 2013

BBQ activists

Jordi Burch takes photos of Valder Bastos, or Tchaka, an unlikely activist in Brazil’s recent wave of ‘barbecue protests’

From FOOD & DRINK Feb 22, 2013

Pasta e ceci

By the time you reach Milan, chickpea soup has become positively sybaritic with pancetta, vegetables and a shredded pig’s head

Feb 15, 2013

Radio Haiti

Ninety-seven per cent of Haitians own a radio – and everyone from evangelists to voodoo priestesses gets a go on the air

From FOOD & DRINK Feb 15, 2013

Brussels mussels

‘It is a leisurely occupation, nibbling a mussel, dipping a chip in the mayonnaise and then a mussel again...’

Feb 8, 2013

British Library’s manuscripts go digital

The British Library aims to digitise 25,000 medieval manuscripts. Here are some of the rarest, from ‘Beowulf’ to Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebook

Feb 8, 2013

Amazon unpacked

When Amazon opened a warehouse in the former coal-mining town of Rugeley, locals were initially thrilled...

Feb 8, 2013

Love tokens

Salute Saint Valentine with a special something from our stylish gift guide

Feb 8, 2013

Orange and frangipane pancakes

‘Thoughts of Lent turned my mind – with its slow but rhythmical way of looking at the world – to pancakes

Feb 1, 2013

Inner drama

Candida Höfer’s photographs of some of the most spectacular building interiors of the Italian Renaissance

Feb 1, 2013

Daube de boeuf

The famous passage in ‘To the Lighthouse’ describing how to make this dish is full of howlers, says Rowley Leigh, who has a simpler recipe

Jan 25, 2013

Far Breton or custard cake with prunes

It may not be French nursery food but it does inhabit a realm where food provokes a reverie of the past

Jan 25, 2013

Called to the jar

Lillie O’Brien’s three sticky, seasonal ways to enhance wintry teas and toasts

Jan 18, 2013

Double alchemy

Tessa Traeger’s new take on old photographs for her ‘Chemistry of Light’ exhibition

Jan 18, 2013

In fashion: English National Ballet teams up with Vivienne Westwood

Guy Farrow photographs ENB’s striking collaboration with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood

Jan 18, 2013

World’s Toughest Mudder

Christopher Lane photographs competitors in the most arduous obstacle course on earth

From FOOD & DRINK Jan 18, 2013

Rabbit with mustard

It is the simplicity of the recipe – rabbit, mustard, water and cream – that is especially beguiling

Jan 11, 2013

Tarantino Unchained

Exclusive on-set photographs by Brigitte Lacombe from ‘Django Unchained’, Quentin Tarantino’s slavery-era western

Jan 11, 2013

Work, rest and pray

From Mount St Bernard Abbey to the Cittaviveka Buddhist monastery, Jean Goldsmith photographs Britain’s monastic life

From FOOD & DRINK Jan 11, 2013

Beef consommé with oysters

The emergence of a shining consommé from the murky depths of a stock is a thing of beauty