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Richard Mabey, Andrew Robson, Jennifer Pothecary, Philip Marsden, Christina Hardyment, John McNamara, Baubles Kate Reardon, Valerie Elliott and Hannah Betts, Tim De Lisle, Peter Lansley, Robert Thicknesse, Paul Hoggart, Robert Breckman, Lee Lewis, J. V. G. Mallet, Charies Bremner Nicola Woolcock, Ivo Tennant, Clare Lazaro, Geoffrey LLOYD(Principal), Cristina Odone, Dr Toby Murcott, Andrew O'hagan, Philip Howard, Hannah Betts, Carol Midgley, Portrait Sarah Dunn, James Bone, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Clive Davis, Alison Kervin, Alexandra Frean Social Affairs Correspondent, Lucia Van Der Post, Carl Mortished, Declan Buckley, Wendy Ide, James Hider, Jeremy Whittle, Henry Blofeld, Kevin Eason, Geoff Brown, Mark Cousins, Clare Stewart, Sam Lister, Giles Coren, Andrew Norfolk, Alastair Campbell, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, Mark Griffiths, Pat Gibson, Valerie Elliott Countryside Editor, W. Jackson, A. C. Grayling, Stephen McClarence, Vinny Lee, Anne Spackman Property Editor, Richard Wyld, Sam Llewellyn, Katherine Swift, Anthony Gardner, Dominic Walsh, Steve Bird, James Doran Wall Street Correspondent, Debra Craine, Arnie Parr, Joe Morgan, Norman Harris, Dr Jane Collins, Dalya Alberge Arts Correspondent, Simon Thurley, Richard Ford Home Correspondent, Howard Wells, Jo Morris, Noel Kingsbury, Andy Stephens, Jenny MacArthur, Rodney Bolt, Roland Watson, Tina Gaudoin, Charles Bremner, Sebastien Foucan, Caroline Merrell Banking Correspondent, Michael Cole, Derwent May, Angela Jameson, Lisa Jardine, Arwa Haider, Peter Paphides, Jonathan Fenby, Dan Silver, Tony Halpin Education Editor, Mary Gold, Oliver Kay, Eric Moonman, Richard Cork, Luke Herrmann, Stephen Anderton, Jerome Burne, Lisa Grainger, Sarah Vine, Mark Atherton, Jonah Goldberg, John Westerby, Lisa Armstrong, Rick Broadbent, Paula Ridley, Martyn Palmer, David Lawrenson, Rick Sareen, Chris Power, Neel Mukherjee, Simon de Bruxelles, John Ash, Geoffrey Dean, Rob Wright, Elaine Monaghan, Amanda Platell, Stuart Miles, Gabriel Rozenberg, Benjamin Fry, David Powell Athletics Correspondent, Ziauddin Sardar, Raymond Keene, David Powell Correspondent, Neil Armstrong, Matthew Pryor, Rod Liddle, Peter Riddell Political Briefing, Michael F. Thomas, Gordon Ramsay, Bill Brandt, Xan Rice, Paula Hawkins Deputy Personal Finance Editor, Jeremy Page, Neville Scott, Clare Longrigg, Nigel Hawkes, Chris Campling, Bronwen Maddox, Richard Arkell, Albert J. Hill, Christopher Martin-Jenkins Chief Cricket Correspondent, Alex Hawkes, Erica Wagner, Emily Davies, Oliver August, Peter Dixon, David McA. McKirdy, S. E. Harris, Tom Dart, Julian Muscat, Adam Fresco, Sean O'Nelil and Nedeijko Rudovic, Michelle Henery, Nigel Kendall, Nell Harman Tennis Correspondent, Joanna Pitman, Jonathan Clayton, Tosin Sulaiman, Robert Crampton, Penny Granger, Ingrld Mansell, James Bone and Sophie Kirkman, Mel Webb, Julie Burchill, Duncan Lumsden, Roderick Strange, Matthew Parris, Michael Clayton, Sophie Kirkham, Amanda Craig, Jonathan Rendall, Tim Wapshott, Russell Jenkins, Ingrid Mansell, Martin O'Neill, Michael Austin, Celia Dodd, Iain Finlayson, Caitlin Moran, Ben MacIntyre, R. Jones, Dennis Russell, Brian Murgatroyd, Tony Dawe, Bess Twiston Davies, David Charter Chief Political Correspondent, Philip Webster, Alison Gibson, Christine Seib and Grainne Gilmore, Graham Searjeant, John Naish, Gary Duncan Economics Correspondent, Catherine Philp, Martin Waller, Chris Ayres, Mark Henderson, Damian Foxe, Carl Mortished International Business Editor, Mark Baldwin, Julie Delpy, Sarah Butler, Benedict Nightingale, Darian Leader, Angus Batey, Stephen Dalton, Cesky Krumlov, Nicola Woolcock, Leo Lewis, Richard Morrison, David Powell, Tom Chesshyre, Fred Dellar, James Christopher, Paul Connolly, Gary Jacob and Ian Winrow, Simon Crompton, Daniel Crewe, Mike Newell, Alexandra Blair Education Correspondent, Owen Slot, Roy Munden, Cath Urquhart Travel Editor, Jenny Davey, Douglas Kennedy, Ablgail Rayner and Dan Sabbagh, Peter Klinger, Stephen Applebaum, Sam Lister Health Correspondent, Mark Henderson and Valerle Eillott, Patience Wheatcroft, Janine di Giovanni, Christopher Irvine, Irma Kurtz,

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The Times £25m bounty to combat animal rights terrorists City grandees offer cash reward for information leading to arrests Inside Bid for Abbey Kerry's challenge The Times Budget aircrew go from jump seats to dump seats Index At last a weekend to shout about Britain ready to send 5,000 troops to Sudan Boodle & Dunthorne The Complete Weekend Paper Multiple Display Advertising Items No return to strife of the 70s, says Blair Dentist crisis to leave most without free care No need for spin to bowl Brussels over Hilter was stopped by God, school suggests Children see their income soar Freak conditions that create the 'holes of the sea' Monster walls of water that prowl oceans Space-based radar discovered ten rogue waves, write Charies Bremner and Nicola Woolcock Debenhams Intelligent Finance PC World Animal activists turn fury on Oxford Rogue marking causes chaos in school tests We have to do these tests, says gaint drug firm Sinn Fein veteran Cahill dies Superbug doubts Olympic threat Fathers's appeal Pirate bees War medal hope Congestion fines Timesonline Two years jail for school theft teacher SAGA health plan Rspca Anger at TV sausage ad Halfords Window awarded £800,000 for doctor's blunder Carjack killers got off lightly, wife protests Suspects held over sale of £3,000 babies Marks & Spencer Girl, 3, rescued from Bulgarian kidnappers Britons stand to gain £91,000 if we all cash in Just AAsk Aid-Call By a Correspondent: My life is over, says man accused of killing son Daihatsu Muslims to defy ban on meeting Cleric 'had phone link with al-Qaeda' Comet Warning as ATM cash fraud hits £39m British Airways Day-Glo or polka dot, they put the boot into fashion Howard to protect gun-owners' rights Hunter's green welly brigade hit 50 not out The ultimate badge of rustic and faux-rustic pride celebrates its Golden Jubilee, Valerie Elliott and Hannah Betts write Battle of the sexes moves on Women, are you happy with your lot? Send your e-mails to debate @thetimes.co.uk Police tune in to 'towpath telegraph' to get their man Double murders suspect 'likely to seek alcohol' British Airways National Savings and Investments premium Bonds Riddle of hidden £12.5m painting Jeyes the Best Simply Clever Bid war pushes price of perfect home to £16m Moben The Week that was Britain Next Week Alliance teicester They Said Currys Hyundai By a Correspondent: Princess Michael reignites racism debate Alliance Leicester From the wobbly bridge to the slippery fountain A triumph of design over engineering was behind the closure of two long-awaited and very public projects, an expert tells Tosin Sulaiman Hewitt bets offer sparks official inquiry The Link Multiple Display Advertising Items Mandelson looks forward to the new world European commissioner will continue in his role as a confidant to Tony Blair, he tells Philip Webser Stylish pads for one man and his dog Rewarding Times Brussels split over big hitter joining their team Anthony Browne Brussels Correspondent Murder trial for Mafia 'dumbfella' Insurance Rac always there Hollywood opts for Serbian bad guys The little city big on crime makes its fortune aboroad Which Mitsubishi Motors The Week that was the World Americas Next Week Can you stop me spending £1,000 on a trip to France? They Said Englishman's cheek makes the French smile Seafrance (Reuters): Stalingrad back on the map Milosevic son Self-rule clashes (Reuters): Dash for cash Russia's new rich investigated over illegal dachas Olympus Illegible Article Double cast on 'Let's roll!' cry of Flight 93 New Numbers Panel members take to the road to sell their vision of a safer America Northern rock Commission's September 11 report is already a bestselling thriller Powell attempts to boost US image Why Kerry is blowing in the wind Deal of the Year Why it's hard to leave a dirty-dancing club Letter from Kampala Kiss the Sky Thousands refuse to quit a town that is waiting to die Terror threat forces Iraq's nation -builders to meet in secret Chrysler Salient Points A rail journey to take your breath away Oliver August in Tuotuohe meets some of the 100,000 men building a 700-mile line across the roof of the world Biggest for Sport World Aid Building on Deep Foundations The pair who open charity's golden gates Interest in the world's largest philanthropic organisation was heightened this week when Bill Gates pledged to give an unprecedented $3 billion, Chris Ayres reports Britain seeks UN resolution on Sudan Proms BBC PO/Noseda Albert Hall/Radio 3 Ernest & Julio Gallo Turning Leaf Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon … TV Review In T2 on Monday: How lazy cat Garfield made its creator a captain of industry Multiple Display Advertising Items Baton charges and the bourgeoisie Opera Luisa Miller Holland Park, W8 Keep your BT phone line but pay only Pop 3 Colours Red The Garage, N5 Free Cd-Rom inside Every Copy Holiday Inn Hysteria about designer babies is laughable, they already exist Exclusive: my interview with two talking dogs Bash Bush and revive a fading showbiz career A question of bad risk Don't help yourself Is human life worth a puppy's pain? The answer is a resounding yes Blair has won—in his playground cheat way Mandelson's appointment is the equivalent of a bared bottom pressed to the PM's Jaguar window Hurry! Hurry! The deadline of mortality looms closer We can be divided between those who follow "clock time" and those on "event time" Thunderer: Some of my best friends are hopeless at sums Jamie Whyte The Times In Europe's Name The really significant appointment in Brussels British Walking Green What the colour of your welly says about you The Great Escape The Prime Minister can feel safe—for now Middle East neutrality What are the odds? Letters may be posted, faxed one-mailed. We do not … The Times Mandelson in the Brussels hot seat Risk, the law and ambulance-chasers Causes of infections in hospitals Animal rights Targeted electors Failing the Test Academic rewards Fields of plenty Culture and cafés at the V&a Author, author! The Times Crossword Solution to yesterday's crossword 22, 724 The Weather Blacks Sport Giles turns Test tide back in England's favour Golden girl Jones took drugs at Olympics, Hunter claims Scoreboard from Lord's Dialphone Britons fail to last pace in promiscuity Games Magic Sponge Champions: The Shortlist Fangio pulls clear of Schumacher to take chequered flag in race through time The legendary Argentinian's style and supreme driving ability put him first on the motor racing grid The Rudder Car Park Multi-Storey Traffic Jam Luggage Rack Pedestrian Crossing And Another Thing Index A pound may be worth less than a billion, but it could … Football's most wanted man breaks his cover Martin O'Neill tells Peter Lansley why Liverpool will be a title threat, why Chelsea could be in trouble... and where his own immediate future lies Full Scoreboard from Lord's E-malausla Three Hundreds Club Wallace frustrates Sri Lanka Lord's rocking as boom turns to bust First Npower Test Match Television Resurgent McLean humbles Yorkshire Frizzell Cunty Championship Second Division Lara keeps a wise counsel after premature exit Unlucky Butcher feeling resigned to the chop Crawley returns to his fluent best Know the Score How They Stand Sadler's indecision puts Essex in sight of victory Second Division Derbyshire break duck with time to spare Compton comes to Hutton's aid Yesterday's Scoreboards Fulton and Smith take their lead from Key Frizzell County Championship First Division Fearnley has to sever his county links Mongia helps to build a mountain Surrey given flicker of hope by fine century from Batty Hodgson struggles to reach summit Mazda Yesterday's Qualifying Times Rossi backing Donington to resolve power struggle Motor Cycling Skelton climbs off turf to grab win for Britain Equestrianism Results Whichello savours thrilling victory Tennis Bet your Life Chelsea start building process in the US Drogba best value to be top marksman Athens call too tough for Ronaldo to resist Football Samsonov gets into groove for Olympis Table Tennis The Times Scolari says he refused offer to manage Everton It's Back The Sunday Times Is this the greatest individual sporting feat of all? If Lance Armstrong wins his sixth successive Tour de France on the Champs Elysees tomorrow, it will rank as one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of sport. But the best ever? Discuss. . . 'Bossy' Armstrong rumoured to be on his last Tour of duty Stage Result and Leading Positions Today: Nineteenth stage Yesterday's Practice Times Schumacher gives way to Armstrong Tales from the Pitlane Track Talk from Hockenheim The value of a pound depends on whose hand it's in Engine concerns threaten the undoing of Button German Grand Prix Dallas slays endangered Tigers The Results Service Weekend's Fixtures Harrington below par as practice proves imperfect Golf Leaders after Two Rounds St Helens shamed by surrender to rampant Leeds Rugby League Sorenstam continues in unbeatable form Times Test Taylor on Mardle's hitlist Crew added Trouble ahead Elriani suffers Fit for finale Making Haye Kolapore cruise Athletics Radcliffe offers hope as Swallow's dream of Athens flickers on Triathlon Treat a penny like a pound and it could turn into one Greene is far from golden as travel takes its toll Hunter turns the drugs focus on Jones EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes Ladbrokes Scoop6 Newcastle Salisbury The Wright Track Vallee Enchantee to be leading lady Armchair Investor Wildenstein has controversy down to a fine art York William Hill Nottingham Lingfield Park Racing next Week Yesterday's Results Totesport The Fantasy Game Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Index Anniversaries Birthdays Jerry Goldsmith Versatile and prolific composer who wrote the soundtracks to some of the 20th century's film and television classics Cal Green Blues guitarist with Hank Ballard and the Midnighters and sought-after session musician Ersel Hickey Rockabilly singer whose fame never quite matched the iconic rock'n'roll appeal of his early publicity photograph The Faith Page In Brief When Ampleforth goes to the Andes Bess Twiston Davies visits a Chilean monastery with an English connection Sunday Worship It's time to beg forgiveness—it's time to say your prayers At your Service Forthcoming Marriages Marriage Reception New Peerages Graduations Catholic Herald summer party On this Day 'Cocking of Snooks' Forbidden—mr Churchill's Picture Court Circular Hunting at the Goring Hotel Multiple Classified Advertising Items A night under the stars Artists and curators Multiple Classified Advertising Items Walker Books children's authors Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup at Cowdray Modern Times Indecent proposals, coping with Little Englanders, firm handshakes Readers Reply Multiple Classified Advertising Items Pulling an aircraft builder out of a dive The Saturday Profile Angela Jameson meets the biker sorting out the trains and planes at Bombardier Unit-Linked Insurance Investments Political Animal Airing the issue City Diary On Other Pages Don't bet on it City Diary Brussels spout City Diary Prosecutors to appeal over Mannesmann The Times Yards ahead of the Rest Easy Group boss gets tough with Stelmar Maverick trades in Japan's ageing business model Leo Lewis meets the leader of a new generation of entrepreneurs Stewart witness spared jail for taking bribe Black held last-ditch talks with hedge fund Adobe Exploiting the vanity of model consumers Challenger in property sale talks Former Abta law head settles claim United goes crackers Babcock cuts staff Bernie Ecclestone EasyJet.com We're a cut above the rest, insists boss of De Beers Sales up in face of price rises Banking & Finance Chase Children's Hospice Service Larger Capitalisation Shares Sabmiller, Abbey National, Astrazeneca, Bae Systems Pointers FTSE 100 up 20.0 points at 4,326.3 Dow Jone Industrial average down 88.08 points at 9,962 22 Smaller Capitalisation Shares French Connection Theo Fennell Premier Farnell Pointers FTSE 250 Index fell 7.1 points to 5.991.1 Eurotop 100 Major Indices Commodities London Financial Futures Money Rates % European Money Deposits % Gold/precious Metals Baird & Co Sterling Spot and Forward Rates Exciting ride ahead in oil majors' shrinking world Tempus The Week's Biggest Movers Bonds Dollar Rates Other Sterling Recent Issues FTSE Volumes (000s) Wall Street Rate rises loom in near-boom conditions Renault Raised offer saves Yates buyout 'The Spanish bank has timed its move well, but Abbey should not roll over and sell itself cheaply' Whitbread sets room target after securing Premier Whitbread set to seal £540m Premier deal The MarketPlace Business Big Shot Results in Brief Need to Know Global Business Briefing That was the Week Winner of the Week Dataday Data Look… Exchange Rates Business Bombardier targets funds Briefing Dow drops below 10,000 VW cuts profit target GI raises bid for Yates Parmalat 'complicity' U-turn on mmO2 bonus Stock Markets Currlnci… Charts of the Day Commodities Spanish fire first salvo in battle for Abbey Pension deficit scuppers £865m bid for WH Smith Distribution deal with Woolworths Consortium seeks control in return for Yukos rescue Direct Line Money All grown up, but with nowhere to go Are you approaching 40 but unable to leave the parental home? Alison Gibson on a generation priced out of the housing market Factfile Investments Time to Take Stocks Post Office will reach all the cars In Brief British Empire Stock Watch Website of the Week A Survey Says Whine of the Week Ken Grundy, from Chesterfield, takes Abbey to task over its eSaver account Going up Adwatch Planning & Investing for Retirement Going down Quotes Paying water bill works up a sweat Recover your card slips Cheque-shredders' club Halifax What the Experts Say Money Marketing Wanderer returns to make up for lost time Alison Gibson talks to a woman hoping to make the transition from globetrotter to homemaker Jane's Response Better deals for the 'new old' Christine Seib and Grainne Gilmore look at age discrimination in financial services Scottish Widows Multiple Display Advertising Items Travel insurance Home and contents insurance Motor insurance Life and health insurance Mandatory retirement Annulties Picture Gallery Credit Multiple Display Advertising Items One account Ltd Can I offset my share losses against tax? Britannia Mortgages Art for children, but at an adult price Clare Stewart looks at the market for artwork drawn to illustrate some classic books New-issues market suits banks more than companies Times Money Unit Trust and Open-Ended Investment Company Prices Service Fidelity National Savings & Investments Permanent interest-bearing shares Mortgages Unsecured Personal Loans Credit Cards Chelsea Building Society Links Would you fit one in the back of your net? Funds in Focus Ing Direct Money Shop Cheapest Level Term Assurance Best With Profits Personal Pension Unit Trust Funds over five years Investment Trusts over five years Pension annuities The Tories' Lisa is not quite the same old story Banks insist that ATMs 'are safe' Joe Morgan reports that worried customers are being reassured that security will reach new levels Tories try a new cut on Labour's savings suit Widows tops list of the worst performers The MBNA Platinum Plus Credit Card GE Life investors lose up to 74% of their money Travel Last-Minute Flights Route of the Week: Nice Book Ahead Deals of the Week Costa Picture Gallery The Best Deals British Isles Short-Haul Checking in Longueville Manor, Jersey VJN Long-Haul Follow that Star Mary Gold Explans how to Holiday like a Celebrity Web of the Week Your £ Abroad Need to Know Olympic Voyages Jules Verne Air Portugal Indian Ocean Stepping Stones Hot stuff the main attraction Sicily under the Volcano In the third of our reports from summer hot-spots, Tony Dawe takes the temperature in Taormina See awesome falls in Guyana Departures Best New Ideas Sparkling gems Heaven scent It's happy hour for five-star holidays Dream Offers Late deals are not just for cheap self-catering: luxury hotels are on sale too. Tom Chesshyre reports Travel News Book before 30th September 2004 and save £500 per Person Ten Golden Rules Rac Insurance Ltd The Land of the Toucan In Brief Driven crazy on the Qm2 Readers' Forum Timesonline Competition Multiple Display Advertising Items Exclusively Online Up where the air is clear Cities take on a thrillingly different perspective from a helicopter. Tom Chesshyre hops on board Where to Be a High Flier Ethiopia starting as it means to go on The East African country attracts few tourists, so Philip Marsden was pleased to discover that it already boasts two excellent eco-lodges Multiple Classified Advertising Items Need to Know Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items The World struck me as more like a hotel than any cruise ship … just a shame the view from my cabin was of an industrial estate Travel Editor Czech out these fairytale scenes Perfect Weekend Cesky Krumlov Multiple Display Advertising Items The Times Inside Contributors What's Not to like? The truth about these daughters of darkness Julie Burchill on a Woman's Place And when she was bad . . . Evil Divas Need someone rubbed out, a little extortion? A woman's your man, says Clare Longrigg Pond Vac and ladder solutions Holy fools and loose canons Divine Comedy One Christian website dares to ask why the Devil should have all the best orgies. And its virtual pews are full. Hallelujah, says Anthony Gardner So, is that Everything then? Appliance of Science The newest advances in physics may make fiendishly elegant mathematics, but are fiendishly hard to prove. Is beauty enough, asks Nigel Hawkes Derrida Said that the Special Value we Attribute to Scientific Truth is an Illusion Ok, Ok ... Maggie made me do it Liddle at Large Derren Brown knows all about the arts of deception. But who does this master magician look up to? Margaret Thatcher, of course. Remember her Tory conference shows? Pure magic, says Rod Liddle Multiple Display Advertising Items The Reason of Things A. C. Grayling on the Sixties Of monsters and Muslims It's not just 9/11: from The Song of Roland through Byron and Flaubert, Western writers have demonised the Muslim world, says Ziauddin Sardar Muslims Appear as Uncultured, Sadistic, Slothful and Sex-Crazed The Times Books First In search of the great revolutionary Nonfiction Lisa Jardine The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus by Owen Gingerich William Heinemann £12.99; 320pp Isbn 0 434 01315 3 £10.39 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 16Th-Century Scholars Struggled with the Text of the Difficult Work Adventure Stars in his eyes That damn'd elusive Powell Biography Derwent May Anthony Powell: A Life by Michael Barber Duckworth £20; 256pp Isbn 0 715 63049 0 £16 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 What's more My boyhood as a pale devil Autobiography Jonathan Fenby Gweilo by Martin Booth Doubleday £16.99; 249pp Isbn 0 385 60776 8 £13.59 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 Inter Alia Tim Teeman The Book Guild Ltd. Lamb's tale with a woolly ending Fiction Neel Mukherjee The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd Chatto & Windus £15.99; 256pp Isbn 0 701 17744 6 £12.79 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 Enter the next Dimension It'll make your blood boil Fiction Douglas Kennedy Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace Abacus £12; 336pp Isbn 0 349 11810 8 £9.60 (p&p 99p) 0870 1608080 Read on Read on The Times On the edge of happiness Fiction Erica Wagner Collected Stories by Carol Shields Fourth Estate £18.99; 593pp Isbn 0 007 19205 3 £15.19 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 Fiction Chris Power TLS Nonfiction Dragons and dowagers Children's Fiction Amanda Craig How to Be a Pirate (7+) by Cressida Cowell Hodder £5.99; 224pp ISBN 0 340 88146 1 £4.49 (p&p £2.25) 0870 1608080 The Star of Kazan (9+) by Eva Ibbotson Macmillan £12.99; 388pp ISBN 1 405 02054 7 £10.39 (p&p £2.25) The Hero Needs a Special Sword, Phenomenal Luck and, as It Turns out, Real Brains Bestsellers Read on Audio Books Review arts Arts Only the lonely Lights, camera ... alienation. From Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to Private Ryan via Toy Story, cinema has had an enduring love affair with outsiders, strays and rejects. Why, asks Mark Cousins The city of light Titian and his Renaissance contemporaries translated the unique colours of Venice into paintings of startling vividness and sensuality. Rachel Campbell-Johnston is seduced Bite Stepping out with the Tudor Chippendales In the 1580s English actors took their art and their codpieces to continental theatres. Audience frenzy followed, says Rodney Bolt The Lure of the Continent Extended beyond a Ready Supply of 'Virgenes' The Times Image of the Week This week The Best of the Arts Chosen by the Times Team of Critics Theatre Visual Art Dance Opera Classical Don't Miss . . . Jazz Renaissance at the Fitz Once an empty Fitzwilliam Museum infuriated Richard Cork. Now hes happy to see it reborn The Times Life Botany and the Bard Thyme, woodbine, violets and eglantine Shakespeare knew his party herbs, but could Richard Mabey find Titania's bower in the Chilterns? Each Plants is Chosen by Shakespaere for its Emblematic Power I know a bank where the wild thyme blows . . . Disp@tches from the Home Front Slum it in Brum The last remaining back-to-backs of Birmingham are being marketed as trendy bolt holes for weekenders-just five minutes from Harvey Nicks. Stephen McClarence took a look Eats fruit and leaves Cider, jams, jellies . . . and a wassail. For £300 a year townies can enjoy the rewards of a working orchard. Sam Llewellyn reports Feather Report Derwent May Laugh? I nearly died His workmates told Chris Campling it was eczema; two days later he was fighting for his life—to a soundtrack of old T. Rex hits After Waiting to Hear I was Dead or an Amputee, my Wife Went Wild in Waitrose The Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Gardens Giant steps There's turf sculpture, light shows even a soundtrack. Fantasy? Maybe, but not all Westonbirt's avant gardeners are afraid to get their hands dirty, writes Noel Kingsbury Katherine Swift Multiple Display Advertising Items Art of Gardening New balls, please . . . Declan Buckley Shapes up Weekend Tips Angela Gore, Limited Kitchen Garden Currants Passing beauties Who needs bedding plants? One burst of glory and they're compost. But Mark Griffiths is drawn to a beguiling newcomer Multiple Display Advertising Items Much ado about mulch Put to the Test Mulches Picture Gallery Pictureline The Listener Crossword No 3784 Part Exchange by Obiter Bridge Word Watching Two Brains Times Chess and Bridge Cd-Rom Offer Double pack Answers Picture Book Two Brains Word Watching Goliards T2 Crossword Chess Winning move Jumbo Crossword Cryptic Clues T2 Clues Picture Book Atlas The Times Inside Next week Keep it clean Simon Crompton Stories behind the News As the Mrsa Crisis Deepens, we Have to Learn to Protect Ourselves Trickly Situations When do women experience bladder weakness? Bug Control Toilet humour Well, Well . . . Sip your tan from a bottle The Latest Breakthroughs, Tips and Trends Bloody Pest Biotic Man Fun-lovers or lager louts? Analyse this Teenage Drinking No Fry Zone Hairy Liquid Antibody Sven-Goran Eriksson Doctor Copperfield Inside the Mind of a GP Body&soul The same, but different Gender-specific medicine is revolutionising heart treatment for women and its implications could rewrite the text books for both sexes, says Jerome Burne Heart Disease is the Number One Female Killer but May Go Undiagnoseed Sex Talk T2 Health on Monday Because in your head you're still 21 Pulling his weight Olympic rower James Cracknell knows pain, routinely willing his own body to its limits, and helping his wife through labour using only hypnosis. A man with broad shoulders, says Alison Kervin Well care Golden Days Interview body&soul Junk Medicine Antidepressants Deep down health The oceans could soon provide cures for the world's worst diseases. Sam Lister looks into Davy Jones's medicine locker A Chemical from the Tiny Animals is now Being Tested as Chemotherapy Saltwater Solutions? No need for a bumpy ride The Times Paediatric Consultant Your Problems Solved FITS and Starts Bottle Formula The Times French polishing Why are French women so damned slim and chic? In our four-page special we try to unravel the mystery Les françaises don't work at keeping fit; they eat less and fork out more, says Charles Bremner French Women Swallow Pills to Shape their Legs, Promote a Tan, Rejuvenate Skin Les Facts Sorted Fighting Cellulite Looking good for the boys French Polish Giving birth in France is easy; it's the post-natal care that's hard to take-even in a luxury spa, says Janine di Giovanni They Have No Patience if You Don't Lose All your Baby Weight in Six Months What's La Difference? How to Cheat at Eating Chocolate Chip Cookies I hope you like Preserve the pure, fresh flavours of summer all year round. All you Very Chilled Soup Sorbet Pesto Jam Behind the Label Sainsbury's Way to Five Dried Fruit Mix Go with the flow It Works for Me Zero-Balancing A gentle manipulation therapy brought one dancer release from pain, says Lisa Grainger What is It? What's the Evidence? Bodylicious Bits and Pieces Gym Misteress View from the Exercise Bike The Times Gym Mistress View from the Exercise Bike Moving on Secret Love But it's sooo unfair Celia Dodd shares kids and hols worries with CosmoGIRL! And a teenage representative puts it all in perspective Making a Teen Teach Grandpa Computer Skills Might Well Drive Him to Drink What's Wrong with your . . . Interest Rate Nature-loving ways Agony and Ecstasy Sex with Dr Thomas Stuttaford and Suzi Godson Q My partner and I both like the idea of having sex outside or in public spaces. Have you any tips on how best to achieve this without getting into dangerous territory? 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Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items …, Blinking and Nervous, and Scurried across the Street … Beta Male First Alternative Honda The Eye Dogville Man about the House Peter Paphides learns that when it comes to gaming today you can't ping Pong This Week Thunderbirds are go! Martyn Palmer pulls some strings to get invited to Tracy Island, where the Hood's evil forces are busy updating a TV classic When we were Fab Nigel Kendall Talks to the Writer of Thunderbirds about Updating a Much-Loved TV Classic Cinema Alfresco All the latest releases on silver screen and silver disc This summer, catch classics in unusual places, says Nigel Kendall Outside chances Film Reviews Thunderbirds comes to life and the sun goes down on Julie Delpy Limited release Choice Star choice Picture Gallery French Fried The beautiful Julie Delpy is obviously bright. She acts, writes, directs and performs her own music. 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