1 May 2008

Hill's careful game of diplomatic Jenga may be coming apart. A mile in the shoes of U.S. envoy to North Korea Christopher Hill.

The islanders of Lesbos are suing to get the word "lesbian" back.

Video: Alan Partridge tries to understand lesbians.

TMN's Andrew Womack comes to terms with the best albums of 1988.

Gourmet airport dining, with celebrity chefs and teeny little steak knives.

A six-pound tiger fugu has enough poison to take out at least 32 healthy adults. Critic's adventure with poisonous Japanese blowfish.

What P.E.T.A. really thinks of euthanasia.

Almost anything you need to know about Jews, you can learn from Harry Potter.

Joan Acocella on New Yorkers' social behavior, of interest only to New Yorkers.

Franzen: Kakutani is New York's stupidest person; Cochrane: Franzen now looks incredibly stupid.

Print for the commute: The life of Elizabeth Hardwick.

Old-age cognitive decline may be caused by bad connections between different brain systems.

For the academics: how not to become a lunch tax when you're still teaching at 80.

Nano-quantities of drugs to be delivered with origami.

Japanese crepe-paper fairy tales.

Your Thursday videos: Facebook in reality; Johnny Cash in Afghanistan.