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The Books Podcast: JD Salinger, the Apple iPad and Barbara Ehrenreich

Reading listThe Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (Hamish Hamilton)For Esme – With Love and Squalor by JD Salinger (Hamish Hamilton)Smile Or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich (Granta)A Scattering by Christopher Re…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |

Join us live online for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch

Join us on Saturday January 30 from 1-2pm to share your bird-spotting experiences and follow our top birdersAre you taking part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend? Join us on Saturday from 1-2pm to share your bird-spotting experiences and follow our top birders, including the RSPB team, the BBC’s wildlife expert Stephen Moss, [...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |
 

Passion for wine transforms banker into vintner

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – As a banker and financier, Lenny Recanati became a vintner for love not for money.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |

The politics of sharing a bed

Does the way we sleep reveal the true nature of our relationships, wonders Tim Dowling, while writers and celebrities reveal their bedroom secrets• In pictures: which position do you sleep in?It’s one of the first things to go in the war of ­attrition between romance and pragmatism – the idea of spending all night nose to [...]

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle, Relationships |
 

Ship comes in for solo travelers, industry says

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – If you’re fancy free and love to wander, the price might finally be right to travel solo.

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |

How did it all go wrong for Saab?

John Crace has spent more than a decade behind the wheel of a Saab. Now he faces the end of his Swedish love affairAs soon as I had kids, my heart was set on a Saab. The car that other cars bounced off. And when I eventually did get behind the wheel of [...]

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |
 

Single, bitter? Chinese government helps lovebirds

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – China’s central government has set up a match-making website to help thousands of busy but lonely government workers find love at work.

[ More ] January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle |