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
One man’s lonely struggle to get justice for ugly people
Lucy Mangan: Gonzalo Otalora has written a book entitled ¡Feo! (Ugly!), which calls for the taxation of good-looking people to counteract the natural advantages they have over munters
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
Plans ignore cyclists
Richard George: The government talks about wanting us to cycle, but helps developers lock us into our cars
Cycling in London
Rick Williams: When a motorist almost knocks you off your bike through no fault of your own, what do you do?
Securing bikes
Claire Armitstead on how to thwart the bike thieves
How healthy are dietary supplements?
Sales of dietary supplements are rocketing, but their drain on plant and animal life makes them a bitter pill for Lucy Siegle
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 ...
Ask Leo
Leo Hickman: There are about seven million gym members in the UK: how much power could be generated by all those treadmills and exercise bikes?
Bike doc
Matt Seaton: Too much of the strain of supporting your upper body weight is being taken by the arms - which is exactly what you'd expect with a longer reach. The cheap and cheerful solution would be to take measurements off your summer bike, particularly the position of the saddle relative to the handlebars (both reach distance and height differential), and alter the winter one to match