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Olympic Man, Floral Woman and unwashed bodies all help to fuel lane rage at the swimming pool
Financial Times, September 17, 2005

The science of theme parks: forget traditional end-of-the-pier distractions, the modern amusement ride is a multi-million dollar hi-tech experiment, devoted to taking you higher, further and faster than ever before
Hot Air, September 2001

A new library allows readers to borrow people for a 30-minute chat
The Times, April 22, 2008

Easter week in Arequipa, Peru's second city
Financial Times, March 1, 2008

With a Starbucks on every corner, common wisdom has it that the coffee industry has reached saturation point. But Andrea Illy, CEO of Trieste-based Illycaffè, has a novel idea to grow his company: in a world of brand extension and gimmickry, Illy's idea is simple: to sell people the perfect cup of coffee
Wallpaper, April 2001

In the 1960s they shared Marxist goals, houses, meals and even love. Today's communards are more likely to be sharing their profits
Financial Times House & Home, July 7, 2007

There are tens of millions of sites to visit. Here are the ones you actually need
Sunday Telegraph magazine, March 30, 2008

Something unexpected at the easternmost point of the Americas
Financial Times, November 25, 2006

Bicycles are cheap, healthy and good for the environment. So why do so many motorists hate them?
FT Weekend cover story, November 20, 2004

Meringues are back in fashion
Financial Times, October 27, 2006

The traditionally Russian East Village has been reinvigorated since Soviet emigrés began pouring in. Now fashionable New Yorkers are seeking some Russian reinvigoration of their own - with a brain-frying, muscle-twisting detox session on E 10th Street
High Life, September 2001

Police sirens, burglar alarms, thumping music from car stereos, loud neighbours . . . if you live in a city, noise is no longer 'the forgotten pollutant'. David Baker finds out why the constant din annoys more than ever and wonders whether we can rediscover the sound of silence
FT Weekend cover story, August 19, 2006

For centuries, Hoi An has been a well-loved jewel of Vietnam
Financial Times, September 17, 2005

Saying the unsayable… Farmers markets are overpriced dens of smugness that exploit our guilt about not living closer to nature
Financial Times, April 6, 2002

Behind every complaint is an opportunity to enhance the corporate reputation
Financial Times, August 2, 2000

Despite a dispiriting experience as a nun, Karen Armstrong says she is happy to spend her whole life thinking about God
Financial Times, October 7, 2006

Critics say that male circumcision is unnecessary and barbaric, while advocates claim it has many benefits
The Times, March 24, 2008

Barcodes are everywhere: from cans of Coke to aircraft parts. We know what they are, but what do the stripes really stand for?
Financial Times The Business Magazine, July 14, 2001

After Enrica Rocca's Borough Market Day, shopping, cooking and eating will never be the same
Financial Times, September 4, 2004

It took David Baker 40 years to get to Israel. But when he did he found peace in the most surprising of places
Financial Times, April 1, 2006

Sins of immersion

Wheel of fortune

Take me off the shelf

Cacophony and confessionals

Full of beans

Corporate communes

The 101 most useful websites

Where hunger throws a harsh light on indulgence

Two wheels good

Peaks of perfection

The Russian ee! (and ow! and ouch! and arghh!) rooms

When life keeps getting louder

Full moon by the sea

Sacred cow: Farmers markets

Another satisfied customer

'I wouldn't say I was a believer'

The unkindest cut of all?

Black, white, read all over

Scallops in the morning

Land of my fathers