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  • Green on red

    Cuba is forging a surprising future as the eco-capital of the Caribbean , with booming organic urban agriculture, and dynamic environmental education projects, writes Paddy Woodworth p

  • A cut above?

    If doctors are our high priests, then surgeons are something like deities, but one US specialist isn't afraid to admit they sometimes make mistakes. Atul Gawande tells Anna Mundow why it's important to understand the fallibility in medicine p

  • The dating game

    After living a Latin life in South America, it wasn't easy for Fiona McCann to return home and date Irish men again. She turned to the internet p
Magazine Features

  • Opposites attracted

    Throwing out preconceptions about compatibility of classic and modern art, a new exhibition opening today at Lismore Castle mixes two very different collections, writes Gemma Tipton p

  • From pothead to potting shed

    As a newspaper editor, Rosie Boycott campaigned to decriminalise cannabis. Now she's more interested in farming her smallholding. She tells Michael Kelly about sustainable living p
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  • Opening lines

    Bags of style: The current issue of American Vogue claims that the US disposes of 100 billion plastic shopping bags a year, bags that in landfills can take up to 1,000 years to degrade. p

  • My big week

    Lynn Cahill, producer, Smithwick's Cat Laughs Comedy Festival p

  • I made it myself

    Katie Ingle, Craftswoman p

  • What's going on

    May 26-June 2 p

  • Planet matters

    Jane Powers on printer cartridges p
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  • Can I get a witness?

    Paisean Faisean , on TG4, is one of my favourite home- grown programmes. Three buachaillí are given €500 each to choose an outfit for one lucky cailín deas. p
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  • Fishing for compliments

    Cooking in Wild is best, but farmed fish is an acceptable, and sustainable, alternative p

  • Recipes

    All recipes serve four p

  • Thornton's, Dublin

    Eating out On a recent Saturday when we were, rather unusually, en famille in the capital, we sent our children off to eat pancakes and callously headed up to the Green to have lunch in Thornton's. It was work, I explained. p

  • Boxing clever

    Commuter food: Don't queue for a boring sandwich - think ahead and bring a lunchbox to work with you, writes Catherine Cleary p

  • Spice up your supper

    Donelli's cod and prawns with sweet chilli and coriander p

  • Fresh and wild

    Eat Smart Week, a food industry initiative, aims to make healthy eating a 'hedonistic pleasure', writes Paul Cullen p

  • Smart eating habits

    Eat Smart Week has four main themes: p

  • Best buys

    GUBBEEN CHEESE OATCAKES (€3.95):  Robert Ditty's oatcakes, made in his artisan bakery in Northern Ireland, are simply unrivalled. The chunky triangles of nutty, Co Armagh oats bound with buttermilk are so good they can be eaten unadorned, but a chunk of good farmhouse cheese on top makes a good thing great. p

  • Caveat Emptor

    That half-price bottle on the supermarket shelves may not be such a bargain after all p

  • Bottles of the week

    Cattier Champagne Brut 2000 , Meyer-Fonne, Riesling Grand Cru, Wineck-Schlossberg, Alsace, 2002, and Petaluma Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2004 p
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  • About face

    Get that "just back from holidays" look with help from two top products, writes Phyl Clarke p
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  • Visiting time

    Irish gardens often have a renegade quality: the owners are more interested in amusing themselves than in creating a visitor attraction. And that's fine with me p

  • Trails to try out

    Connemara Garden Trail, for information, contact Brendán Ó Scanáill; 095-21148; e-mail: thepapershop@anu.ie p
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