Pedal power

Cycling is healthy, environmentally friendly and economical. Jump on your bike and cycle to France, Spain or Holland

Eco-mom: here to save the world!

Middle-class mothers in the US are embracing environmental activism. But, says Zoe Williams, they have some pretty strange ideas about what it actually involves

Against the grain

Bread expert Andrew Whitley explains why we need to get back to baking our own

Health of nations

Kate Sheppard: Our measures of wellbeing fail to account for income inequality, environmental degradation and poor quality of life. It's time for a change.

Ride the tide

Euan Ferguson: Most of us are bedevilled by tides, silent and deep. We marry not because of the froth, but because of something pulling at our feet 60 fathoms down

Water on the brain

Lucy Mangan: There are not many victories for common sense in this world - I can't remember the last time I broke out the, "Y'see, I bloody knew it! Didn't I bloody tell you?!" bunting, but I think it might be time to celebrate once more

Off the menu

Full list of recalled fish products issued by the Food Standards Agency

Thou shalt not waste

Thrift is fashionable again. But what is it like to grow up in a home where nothing is thrown away - and even toilet paper is strictly rationed? Mary Horsley remembers ...