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Life & Style. Guardian

• Is the catwalk fashion show on the way out?
  Technological advances, scheduling complications and infighting are threatening survival of traditional formatFeaturing about 800 camel- and black-clad guests, a runway lined with spindly gold chairs, a battery of photographers and a pumping soundtrack, the live catwalk show is an unmistakable cultural phenomenon – but one under increasing threat.The fragile […]
• The patriarchy is dead ... but the kyriarchy lives on | Nichi Hodgson
  'Patriarchy' is no longer relevant when ethnicity, class, education and gender, intersect to oppress men and women alikeFrom reclaiming the F word to objecting to objectification – there's a new feminist army determined to finally flatten the patriarchy. But here's the really radical news: patriarchy is dead. It's dead simplistic, de […]
• Fears for public health grow as Department of Health culls experts
  More than 100 staff sacked to cut costs, casting doubt on health secretary Andrew Lansley's improvement agendaScores of specialists in tackling major problems such as obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking are being sacked by the Department of Health in a move that has alarmed senior doctors.More than 100 experts have been made redundant in a cost-cutting m […]
• Michel Montignac obituary
  Inventor of a weight-loss method that allowed foie gras, red wine and chocolateMichel Montignac, who has died of prostate cancer aged 65, was a self-taught weight-loss guru who insisted that diets were never effective in the long run and that losing weight has little to do with cutting calories and taking exercise. "Counting calories does not interest m […]

Art to be seen!

• Art by Jessica Harrison
• Art by Franziska Klotz
• Michael Landy – Art Bin
• The Aspiral Clock
• SIE43 Chair by Pawel Grunert

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