lifestyle
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Pamela Anderson and Julian Assange: friends with vegan benefitsThe Baywatch star and the Wikileaks founder are being coy about their closeness, stoked by meat-free snacks in the confines of the Ecuadorian embassy
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Straight people must be allowed to have civil partnerships tooLetters: Our relationship has lasted a lot longer than many marriages – an institution surely devalued by the fact that nearly half of all marriages end in divorce
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Mar-a-Lago: where Trump’s monstourage mingles with paying guestsThe ‘winter White House’ is like Citizen Kane’s Xanadu – with rich rubes in the background -
Running away: revelling in the birthplace of the marathonFinishing the Athens 10K at the Panathenaic stadium, ahead of runners making their way from the town of Marathon, is an elating experience
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The fact that air travel is associated with glamour and excitement is no excuse for treating female cabin crew like sexualised propsVile high club: why is sexism so prevalent at 40,000ft?
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Marc Jacobs channels the 70s in grand final of New York Fashion WeekJacobs sought to respect youth street style in show which turned focus to the audience in social media spectacle
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The best of Bangkok: readers’ travel tipsFrom a condom-themed restaurant to a very sobering medical museum, a snake farm and ubiquitous markets, the frenetic Thai capital is a cornucopia of delights
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Think Argentina is all about steak? A seafood fix at El Muelle will make you think againEscape noisy Buenos Aires for this elegant seafood restaurant overlooking the river. You’ll wonder why porteños aren’t all beating a path there
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10 of the best things to do in HamburgThe recent opening of the stunning Elbphilharmonie concert hall put the port city in the spotlight, but there is a host of other attractions, plus great cocktails, design hotels and totally delicious fish sandwiches
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Northern Territory holiday guide: the heart of AustraliaFrom Darwin to Kakadu, Arnhem to Alice: the territory offers visitors a bizarrely Australian experience featuring salties, barras and spectacular scenery
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Life, death and steak ’n’ kidney pie – a recipe for remembranceBook extract: In Adventures of a Terribly Greedy Girl, Kay Plunkett-Hogge recounts how she came to terms with the passing of her mother with the healing warmth of her favourite dish
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How to make the perfect vegetable biryaniThis Indian classic stands or falls on the quality of the rice. Once you’ve got that, there’s a wealth of options for your vegetables, spices, cooking method and even garnish. But can you really have a biryani without meat?
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Rachel Roddy’s take on a classic cheese and onion pie recipeRachel Roddy recipes: A childhood spent pulling pints in an Oldham pub while Granny and her sister baked food for the punters gave me a recurring hankering for a proper cheese and onion pie, favourite jukebox hits and a glass of old-fashioned bitter
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Nigel Slater’s broth, greens and barleyA hearty, meaty, grain and greens dish for a cold day, by Nigel Slater
technology
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Shark slippers and rollerblades: inside Google’s secretive internet balloon labWith clusters of balloons through the stratosphere, Project Loon aims to bring internet to the two-thirds of the world’s population who still don’t have access
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Driverless trucks: economic tsunami may swallow one of most common US jobsAmerica is producing more than ever before, but it is doing so with fewer and fewer workers. Once replaced by automation, where will these jobs go?
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Is there a replacement for email?David is fed up with spam, phishing and viruses, and thinks email is no longer fit for purpose. What could he use to replace it?
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I accidentally bought a giant pigI was told she was six months old, had come from a breeder and wouldn’t grow any bigger than a very large cat
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This column will change your lifeThis column will change your lifeWhy do people hate hypocrites?You could argue that hypocrites lack self-discipline, which we think of as a moral failing – but that hardly seems a good enough explanation
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StylewatchStylewatchGlamour Girls: behind the cast's trouserless look – stylewatchLena Dunham’s show Girls continues to make a statement, this time stamping a Marc Jacobs-styled feminist manifesto on the cover of glamour magazine
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy teen daughter is refusing a family trip with my partnerA woman is struggling to get her daughter to be more positive about her partner. Mariella Frostrup advises her not to foist a new family on the teenager
people
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From jewellery to ginStuck for ideas this year? Here are our best picks, from traditional luxury chocolates to something a little more quirky
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Rich and soothing hand creamsAt this time of year, your hands really are exposed to the elements, so keep one of these luxurious potions in your bag or on your desk, says Eva Wiseman
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Valentine’s Day often brings out the worst in producers, but this year there are more than a few drinks that won’t make you recoil at their tweeness or sweetnessValentine’s Day tipples that won’t make you cringe with embarrassment
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My estranged father wants to get in touch, but I don’t want to see himMy parents separated when I was young, and I stopped visiting him when I was 10: he made me feel unwanted. Later, I was told he abused my mum. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
the big picture
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Underwater photographer of the year 2017 winnersFrench photographer Gabriel Barathieu has been named this year’s winner for his ‘balletic, malevolent’ dancing octopus, while British winner Nick Blake captured a lone diver among the otherworldly sunbeams of a Mexican cave
Jennifer Hawkins, diversity and a dazzling lightshow launch Myer collection – in pictures