Live in the now? What an absolutely idiotic proposition
Victoria Coren: Doing life right, according to the Freeman Principle, requires a lot of money, props and vehicles; I'd say his surname is more ironic than apt
Two wheels
Claire Armitstead: Not until you go to Mont Ventoux can you appreciate just how different pro cyclists are from the rest of the human race
Walking with the fishes
Swimhiking allows you to travel miles on land and water and leaves you feeling like Tarzan
A fat camp for foie gras lovers
A luxury French bootcamp may sound like a joke but there's nothing funny about the exercise regime, writes Kieran Falconer
10 top cycle rides in Europe
The Tour de France inspires Paul Howard to get on his bike and look for the best cycling terrain in Europe
Bread, milk, polio jab … all in a morning’s shop
Sainsbury's to start selling travel injections and tablets
Tripping back to the wild frontier
After 20 years, Howard Marks returns to the borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where armed police escort tourists, and meets a people with no laws, no prisons and no word for goodbye because they never leave
High school: mountaineering in Chamonix
Jonathan Trigell learns the basics of climbing mountains in a week on a high altitude summer break
10 top UK coastal holidays
It's not all knotted handkerchiefs and deckchairs on Britain's coastline – Blue Flag beaches and hip hotels abound
20 top rural escapes in the UK
Remoteness in Britain may be under threat but it hasn't disappeared, says Robert Macfarlane. In fact, it can be surprisingly close at hand