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Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working'

Judi Dench. Photograph: Francois Duhamel At one point sitting opposite Dame Judi Dench over a pot of tea at a hotel in Covent Garden, I find myself asking her if she has that recurrent dream, the one…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Oct. 14, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3027 words)

Beyond a joke: the truth about why we laugh

'Women couldn't care less whether their ideal male partner laughs or not – they want a male who makes them laugh.' Photograph by Getty Consider the bizarre events of the 1962 outbreak of contagious…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2461 words)

One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show

John J Sullivan's home is a TV star. 'Everything was not the same when we got home. The yard was full of shattered glass. The handrail more rickety. The basement a sex dungeon.' Photograph: Joel…
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3555 words)

Happiness is a glass half empty

Are we maybe just looking for happiness in the wrong way? Photograph: Aaron Tilley for the Guardian In an unremarkable business park outside the city of Ann Arbor, in Michigan, stands a poignant…
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3181 words)

Abused children turn their fears into artwork for groundbreaking exhibition

Chris Yianni supported by the charity Kids Company, working on his as yet untitled artwork for the Royal Academy. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Gently folding back the torn edges of the…
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1032 words)

Too rich to queue? Why markets and morals don't fit

Illustrations: Francesco Bongiorni for the Guardian. Click on image for full illustration. Nobody likes to queue. It's long been known that, in fancy restaurants, a handsome tip to the maître d' can…
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2221 words)

The woman who edited Nuts magazine

Between the sheets: Terri White with the magazine that launched her career. Photograph: Harry Borden for the Observer As the sound of jazz filled the air in the office that night I diligently got on…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3854 words)

Irvine Welsh: 'I'm the same kind of writer as I am a drinker. I'm a binger'

Irvine Welsh photographed in Leith, Edinburgh. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian When Irvine Welsh began writing 20 years ago, he hadn't much of a clue how to set about a novel. To get…
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2462 words)
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