Issue 8 Fair Play – Sublime

Right From The Start

laurasan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Learning your place Let’s start at the beginning. It kicks in at a particular developmental stage in childhood, when unfairnesses are felt more keenly possibly than ever again. This is largely down to the lack of control that you have over them as a kid, and probably also to the fact that you...

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A Fair Cycle

Wayne Hemingway — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +0000

So why are we being so slow? We can’t blame the weather, as our more northerly European neighbours have grasped the cycling nettle. In most cases we can’t blame the topography, especially since the Swiss are taking to bikes. We can’t blame availability or cost: the market is very competitive and cycling shops have...

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Black Arts

Jeremy Leggett — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Sundsvaal, summer 1990, the lobby of a Swedish hotel. An American lobbyist for the coal and oil industries, a former US government official, sits surrounded by diplomats from OPEC countries. He is coaching them in the art of killing multilateralism. Tomorrow, scientists representing most of the governments on the planet have to agree the wording...

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Coming Of Age

Laura Santamaria — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The good news is that you no longer have to imagine: ECO – aka Eco Age – has done it for you. And rather beautifully, it must be said. This green-roofed, stylish store on Chiswick High Street is the brainchild of Rome-born CEO Nicola Giuggoli and part-owned by film-producer sister Livia, her famous actor husband...

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