Wouldn’t be seen dead there: what our choice of café says about us
In a densely populated city, the café or the neighbourhood bar is effectively an extension of home. The ones we…
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Crowdfunding is doomed – there are too many fingers in too many apple pies
Will Self’s Madness of Crowds column.
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Come to “America’s Drive-In”, y’all – for tater tots and Jetsons decor
At Sonic, the shtick is meant to be that the food arrives “at the speed of sound”; and the novelty…
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Felicity Cloake: How your picnic hamper can change the world
A picnic seems an apposite choice for anarchists – a meal exempt from the usual formalities, sweet and savoury mixed…
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Razors comes home and that thimbleful of sherry turns into an all-nighter
It’s funny how one’s stamina diminishes with age. I once drank Hunter S Thompson pretty much under the table many…
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Sourdough start-ups: the politics of the bread world
There are few limits to the passion that sourdough can excite.
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Powdered alcohol will appeal to young drinkers, despite what the makers say
Alcohol in powdered sachet form: what could possibly go wrong?
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Pinotage – a bad idea that became a national flag
The new multicultural South Africa should stop banging on about Pinotage and embrace Cinsault, a French grape so cosmopolitan that…
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