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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:42 BSTSat, 05 Jul 2008 12:45:28 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/living(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0c523a2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0c523a2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThe former president, dissident writer and anti-communist revolutionary is fascinated by the US, but has reservations about globalisation and consumerismSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a66289c2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a66289c2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlCamping has found new fame through 'glamping', a glamorous alternative that caters to modern tastes by offering a close-to-nature experience with a touch of luxury, making it the middle-class holiday of choiceSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:41 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adf5299c-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adf5299c-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlOnce you lose the knack of dropping off to slumber it is almost impossible you will ever discover it again, writes Susie Boyt who is struggling with the curse of insomniaSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:41 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c20b5d0-4965-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c20b5d0-4965-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlMelancholic Harry Eyres says that we need a new way of living with and not denaturing our riversSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef48dae-4965-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef48dae-4965-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlTyler Brulé dreams of a self-sufficient live/work compound under Nordic skies and a pair of special-edition Minor to shuttle staff from island outpost to mainlandSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8aebac0-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8aebac0-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThe author's recent appearance before the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee served as a reminder of how people get his gender and nationality wrong on a regular basisSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6c6920-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6c6920-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThis year marks the 20th anniversary of 'Around the World in 80 Days', the successful BBC programme that marked the launch of Palin's second act as a travel journalistMon, 30 Jun 2008 07:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ba5de60-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ba5de60-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlOn a guided tour of St Dunstan's, a charity that provides assistance to the blind, Susie Boyt feels a rare sense of complete safety and is moved by the concern of other peopleMon, 30 Jun 2008 07:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f455350-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f455350-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlOrdinariness weakens our capacity to act intellectually and ethically, leading us to surrender our powers of discrimination, says Harry Eyres Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0baf66e-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0baf66e-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Hawthornden prize winner appreciates the magnificent view at her small flat next to the Thames and sees Gordon Brown as a strong and attractive individualMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7d8a5d8-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7d8a5d8-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlNo one is excluded from the performing arts at Chickenshed theatre, where the teenage truant mixes with the middle-class boy and the girl with Down's syndrome to produce socially groundbreaking workSat, 28 Jun 2008 02:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3addb13c-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3addb13c-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlTwo former bankers have made it their mission to produce a national catalogue that will enable the British public to unearth 200,000 hidden works of art hung in disparate locations across the countrySat, 21 Jun 2008 02:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/569a70ae-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/569a70ae-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe irreverent billionaire co-founder of buy-out firm TPG says the strength of private equity is patience and explains why it does better in bad markets than in good onesSat, 21 Jun 2008 02:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51a7b642-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51a7b642-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlAs she counsels a friend who is about to turn 40, Susie Boyt wonders if it is possible to periodically take a break from relationships without any negative consequencesSat, 21 Jun 2008 02:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4aaa64de-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4aaa64de-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe playwright ruminates on growing older and wiser and the advantages of being able to hire professionals to act out one's midlife crisis in front of a paying audienceSat, 21 Jun 2008 02:35 BST