A fishing boat on Tai Lake in Wuxi, by 3water

When her car was pranged, Alice Kuipers found herself falling for a man who lived on the other side of the world. Will their love manage to go the distance? It was a sunny day four years ago when I

My 17-year-old daughter has just passed her driving test, and has asked if we'll buy her a second-hand car. She says she'd be much safer driving herself than having to ask friends - particularly boys - for a lift after

The twentysomethings of today, eh? They settle down early, start spawning a perfect nuclear family young and would rather tend their vegetable patches than party. But why are they such an upright and mature bunch, asks Bryony Gordon.

He loathes the 'vulgarity of today', yet is so rich he owns a Polynesian island. François Nars, the founder of the eponymous cosmetics line, tells Jan Masters why he always prefers the unexpected.

A meal for six in an hour for less than £30. By Annie Nichols Starter Sweetcorn and chicken patties with sweet chilli sauce Main course Mussels with cider and mustard Pudding Roasted pears with stem ginger and amaretti Total cost

Bee Wilson in praise of the humble peanut At the new Whole Foods Market in Kensington, every product brags of its own honesty and freshness. Exorbitant veg is stacked in a 'wall of greens'. There are 44 varieties of sausage

Justine Picardie makes feathers fly Much has been made of a newly streamlined look for the autumn - suited and booted, with sharply tailored lines. But as is often the case in fashion, there is an alternative; a suggestion to

Ever felt out of your depth at a pseudy dinner party? Imogen Stubbs, the acclaimed actress-turned-Booker Prize judge, on liberating your inner bookworm How to bluff I've often been faced with a room of self-appointed literati, banging on about a

She's a 'fat dyke' and fashion icon, a radical feminist who loves crochet and is forever getting her kit off. As Judy Rumbold discovers, singing stars don't come much more forthright - or fully rounded - than Beth Ditto.

If you thought spots were just a teenage thing, think again. Increasing numbers of women are suffering from the discomfort and embarrassment of adult-onset acne. And nobody knows why. Liz Hancock investigates a problem that is so much more than

People seem to really love Ben 10. The Cartoon Network show crosses the lines between kids and adults and when I saw the game demoed at Comic-Con, both sets of ages were there, enjoying the game with equal abandon. I

The well-known American film editor Richard Nord ( The Watcher , Species 2 , Passenger 57, The Fugitive ) who is editing the film In Search of t.A.T.u. in Mosfilm, carried out several master-classes for lung men being taught in

Comedy melodramas come back to screens. Professionals of the Mosfilm Tonestudios finish working on speech scoring of the new film in this genre - Our Common Friend by the well-known film director Igor Maslennikov ( Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and

In Mosfilm one prepares to shootings of the 16 part film Ivan the Terrible by the film director Andrey Eshpy. An historic subject is always interesting from the film art designer's point of view, so it was interesting for us

The interest to shows on the ice remains keen. Two years running the legendary First film stage of Mosfilm, a biggest Russian one, turns into the skating rink with stands for plenty of spectators.

Gay Spy asks why we find the lilo-lipped CBB survivor so fascinating.

DS investigates a strange trend growing between actors and directors.

Business start up ideas for those with little to no cash.