Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre Edwin Heathcote Dec 16, 2011

Building hope

Replacing soulless institutions with astonishing architecture can improve the lives of cancer patients, as exemplified by Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres

Perspective

Ed Hammond
The estate agent in all of us has sniffed the chance of turning a quick buck during the Games and we are damned if some nonsense about fair play gets in the way
Neither a guillotine approach nor a slow strangulation of lending is a solution when dealing with a borrower who can’t play ball
– Ed Hammond
Father Rick Frechette with patients at St Damien’s in Port-au-Prince Dec 16, 2011

At home: Father Rick Frechette

The American priest has spent 25 years building orphanages, hospitals, schools and houses for the poor in Haiti’s slums

Agony Uncle Dec 16, 2011

Agony Uncle: sex, secrets and papal shoes

What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? What is this all about? The meaning of life is that we live it

Summer in Christianshavn, Copenhagen Getty Dec 16, 2011

Property: Danish delight

Clean and liveable, Copenhagen offers big-city perks – great design, inventive dining – on a compact scale

Pippa Small Dec 16, 2011

Expat lives: gems of trade and aid

Pippa Small’s nomadic childhood is a far cry from her settled life in London, where she combines jewellery design with Afghan charity work

A salvage yard in Marrakech Dec 9, 2011

Finders keepers?

Trade in antiquities and artefacts is thriving around the world. But when is architectural salvage a good thing? And when is it cultural vandalism?

Peter Tatchell Dec 9, 2011

At home: Peter Tatchell

Having fled the Vietnam draft in Australia in the 1970s, the human rights activist has been campaigning ever since

Central Park Dec 9, 2011

Property: take the Fifth

With three new developments pushing the boundaries of Fifth Avenue desirability, will Manhattan buyers be lured north of 96th Street?

Ballantine’s whisky, panettone from Selfridges, Glad Tidings cracker and Diptyque candles Dec 9, 2011

Interiors: crackers by candlelight

From champagne cocktails to crystal mushrooms, notable designers reveal their Christmas menus and how they plan to decorate their festive tables

Prime property in Monaco Dec 2, 2011

Prime horizon

With economic turmoil taking its toll on new developments, where are the most promising locations for investors in high-end property?

Highlights