Top of the pots: the smashing rise of ceramics
Record auction prices, pottery classes bursting at the seams, Instagram superstars and innovative young artists … what’s behind the boom in all things clay?
Amy Fleming
Diet drinks and other ways not to lose weight
It’s not just non-sugar fizz. From low fat to exercise highs, it’s time to expose a few other pound-shedding myths
The truth about alcohol, from gin tears to champagne hangovers
Do different drinks have different effects on your mood, why do funny-coloured drinks make you more drunk and what causes the worse hangovers?
The science of mixing mind-blowing cocktails
A guide from 1948 still contains the best advice about cocktail-making – but modern mixologists use plenty of 21st-century science, too. Is all that effort worth it?