MY BIG FAT CRETE WEDDING | August 28th 2008
Philip Watson
In Crete, guns and marriage go together like a horse and carriage, so a wedding is a striking mixture of ancient and modern. Philip Watson joins the party ...
From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008
DISPATCHES FROM DENVER | August 27th 2008 Roger McShane"Americans have a remarkable talent for creating transparently pointless political rituals", writes The Economist's Washington, DC bureau chief. He takes in the media circus of the Democratic National Convention ... From ECONOMIST.COM
Wii FIT | August 27th 2008 Weight loss tool or party game? Tom Standage wiggles his hips and gets some exercise ...From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008 Does standing on a white plastic board and assuming a yoga pose, while trying to keep a skittering dot on a TV screen inside a circular target, count as exercise? I'm not convinced, but this is what Nintendo wants you to believe. The plastic board, which resembles a set of bathroom scales, is the centrepiece of Wii Fit, a new set of games that supposedly turns Nintendo's hugely popular Wii console into a fitness centre. It is not quite as nutty as it sounds. Sensors inside the board measure your weight and make educated guesses, as you lean in various directions, about your posture. You can then choose between various exercises, including yoga poses, balance games and aerobic workouts. Unlike with a fitness DVD, the board means the Wii can check that you are really doing the exercises, and monitor your performance. There's a simulated hula-hoop game where you wiggle your hips to keep an increasing number of hoops circling the waist of a cartoonish on-screen figure. You can step on and off the board to do step-training exercises, and do push-ups in the usual way, but with your hands on the board.
SEX, DRUGS AND FESTIVALS | August 26th 2008
Marco Nouryby in "Désir", photographed by Joan Marcus
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WILL SMITH LEARNS SOMETHING NEW | August 26th 2008
"I have found the silver bullet that will stop the trade in illegal drugs ..."
From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008
Where? Twenty feet up in the air, hanging from two canvas straps in a big top in Amsterdam.
GO ON, I DARE YOU | August 21st 2008
Gina
Sometimes you need to wear a tulle puffball skirt with black bondage straps. Judith Watt explains why we can all afford to let a little bad taste into our wardrobes; Mary Fellowes shows us how ...
From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Summer 2008
BIG FUN | August 15th 2008
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Spontaneous fun is elusive in Beijing these days, writes The Economist's correspondent in China. Tight visa requirements and high security seem to have kept most revellers at bay ...
From ECONOMIST.COM
LOTIONS, POTIONS AND FAITH | August 14th 2008
Five stores to make you feel (and look) better ...
From INTELLIGENT LIFE MAGAZINE, Summer 2008