Aesthetic pursuits
Art connoisseur Sir Roy Strong keeps fit by jogging along the byways of Herefordshire.
Health check
More than 50 people were reported to have contracted visceral Leishmaniasis (also known as kala-azar), in the Wajir district of north-eastern Kenya last month. The symptoms of the disease include fever, enlarged liver and spleen, anaemia, weakness and reduction in … Continue reading
Health check
So far this year, more than 3,300 cases of malaria have been reported in Goa in India. Of these, 818 have been the malignant form, falciparum, which can be fatal if early treatment is not sought. A large migrant labour … Continue reading
Travelogue
Health check | Turning the tide | Clean break
Welcome to the new map of the UK
The first 5,000 miles of the National Cycle Network opens next month. Stuart Jeffries reports on a mammoth project to make cycling a safe leisure pursuit ands 'test drives' two of the routes
Restorers’ subtle touch brings Piero’s genius to glorious life
There's really only one reason people go to Arezzo: fifteenth-century artist Piero della Francesca. His fresco cycle, The Legend of the True Cross, which decorates the choir of the church of San Francesco is one of the high points of early Renaissance art.
Stay Seine
You may have to be mad to cycle in London but you can forget the Mad Max factor in the French capital, says Stuart Jeffries.
Travelogue
Health check | Separate breaks | Double attraction