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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?

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‘Fresh pineapple has a bit more acidity to counterbalance the sweetness of the cake and caramel’
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Philip Roth and Zlatan Ibrahimović

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

Gaetano Giulio Zumbo's miniature wax tableau The Plague ©Nick Ballon Mar 1, 2013

Wax lyrical

How the macabre works of Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, a mysterious 17th-century Sicilian wax modeller, inspired Rupert Thomson’s new novel ‘Secrecy’

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Digital DNA

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

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The Inventory: model and actress Lily Cole

‘I was so proud of my degree. Especially as everyone looked really surprised’

Gillian Tett

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Is the dollar as good as gold?

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Mother’s Day gift guide

Small indulgences – from a book a month to a box of macaroons – to show your appreciation

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FT Masterclass: Clay pigeon shooting with Olympic gold medallist Peter Wilson

With expert guidance, Jeremy Taylor finds an unsuspected knack for hitting a moving target

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First Person: ‘I discovered a lost battlefield’

Brian Freeman says it will take years to identify the soldiers’ remains found in Papua New Guinea

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The trend: a Brindian empire

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

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Barometer: noir thrillers

Monochrome designs can be chic, not stark

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