A striker’s bestselling autobiography and the legendary novel by a great American writer both tell tales of immigrant life – and the parallels are remarkable, writes Simon Kuper
Sixty years after the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, an astonishing genetics archive is to be placed online by the Wellcome Library. Clive Cookson has a look
Chef Atul Kochhar’s new compendium of curries includes British-born classics. But our love affair with Indian food now goes well beyond chicken tikka masala
Lucy Kellaway meets Richard Gere
The actor is more than happy to talk about his new film ‘Arbitrage’ and, of course, Buddhism. But what about Cindy, ageing and... gerbils?