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Oscar Quine

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Oscar Quine is a writer, reporter and editorial assistant across The Independent titles

Paris

This Paris hotel wants you to mingle with other guests

Claudio's Clam Bar is a North Fork landmark
Americas

Long Island's North Fork: an affordable alternative to the Hamptons

The Churchill Arms in Paxton is the perfect midsummer restreat
Cotswolds

B&B review: The Churchill Arms, Cotswolds

Thailand

Hotel Review: Keemala, Thailand

One chapter explains the importance of Michael Jackson, Bernie Mac and Tupac Shakur
Reviews

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

Grant: 'I don't mind what you wear or how you wear it, as long as it looks like you've made the decision yourself'
Features

Patrick Grant: 'Jarvis Cocker’s clothing speaks of his personality'

Hotel Gotham, Manchester
Manchester

Hotel Gotham, Manchester: Welcome to the Batcave of the North

Roux says: 'I'm very wary that I shouldn't become just a 'TV chef' - I work in the restaurant on a daily basis'
Features

Michel Roux Jr on Twitter, midweek boozing, and ultra marathons

A placard reading " Why don't you listen to us" is seen behind a Iranian migrant, his lips sewn shut and making an hunger strike, during the dismantlement of the shanty town called the "Jungle" in Calais, France.
Europe

Calais Jungle refugees sew mouths shut in protest at camp clearance

A child’s stuffed bear lies abandoned at the Jungle in Calais as French authorities move to clear the camp.
Europe

Calais Jungle refugee children 'being raped in camp'

The rear is having a ‘moment’: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Reviews

Reading from Behind by Jonathan A Allan: Our obsession with the anus

Cicely Berry: ‘Shakespeare somehow wrote in the rhythm of how people think'
Features

Cicely Berry: An audience with the RSC's formidable voice coach

Puppy love: Criado-Perez with her dog Poppy
Profiles

Caroline Criado-Perez on why women don't need to do things like men

Profiles

Caroline Criado-Perez on why women don't need to do things like men

Puppy love: Criado-Perez with her dog Poppy
Refugees watch on as shacks are burnt down at the Jungle camp in Calais
Europe

Reports of armed Calais refugees raises fears of violent clashes

A refugee watches a shelter burn during the start of the expulsion at the Jungle camp
Europe

Calais Jungle clearance sparks clashes between police and refugees

Liz Clegg with one of the 450 or so children in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais Charlie Forgham Bailey.
Home News

Meet the volunteer taking care of hundreds of lost children in Calais

Customised interiors are all part of the exclusive Ferrari ‘experience’ at the company’s headquarters in Maranello, northern Italy
Motoring

Inside the pristine Ferrari factory in Italy

Customised interiors are all part of the exclusive Ferrari ‘experience’ at the company’s headquarters in Maranello, northern Italy
Motoring

Inside the pristine Ferrari factory in Italy

Imrie says: 'I think actors always want to do the opposite of what's expected of them
Features

Celia Imrie on her career as a novelist and the lure of France

Luqman Onikosi was studying at Sussex University when he was diagnosed with hepatitis B. His brothers died from the disease
Home News

Deporting me would be 'death sentence', says sick Nigerian student

Six-year-old Daniel, from Afghanistan, is one of hundreds of children in the Jungle camp whose temporary homes are due to be demolished
Europe

Young Calais refugees face having their houses demolished

Reviews

You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life (You are Raoul Moat)

A makeshift bookshop in the Calais Jungle
Home News

Glastonbury Festival volunteers flock to Calais Jungle to offer help

A refugee flees police tear gas near the entrance to the Jungle camp in Calais
Europe

Calais Jungle refugees terrorised by armed far-right militia

Maison 76
France

Maison 76, Montreuil, France - hotel review

Sissoko says: 'Malian people in general are very musically open'
Features

Ballaké Sissoko on Mali's rap scene, and playing with Vincent Ségal

A refugee flees police tear gas near the entrance to the Jungle camp in Calais
Europe

Calais Jungle refugees terrorised by armed far-right militia

Maison 76
France

Maison 76, Montreuil, France - hotel review

Sissoko says: 'Malian people in general are very musically open'
Features

Ballaké Sissoko on Mali's rap scene, and playing with Vincent Ségal

Enfield, left, with his comedy partner Paul Whitehouse
Features

Harry Enfield on the Wag Club, Christopher Biggins, and Virginia Woolf

Features

Harry Enfield on the Wag Club, Christopher Biggins, and Virginia Woolf

Enfield, left, with his comedy partner Paul Whitehouse
Residents of the Jungle, in Calais, gather to watch the Globe perform ‘Hamlet’ outside the Good Chance Theatre Tent
Europe

Shakespeare’s Globe performs Hamlet at Calais Jungle refugee camp

Lake notice: escape the heat with a dip in the infinity pool
Hotels

Tri Lanka, Galle, Sri Lanka - hotel review: Move away from the beaches

GWR’s London-Penzance service, on which passengers can enjoy silver service dining
UK

Onboard the last dining car in England

De Bernières as his home in Norfolk. He says: 'It's a Georgian house that needs a lifetime of DIY so it's perfect for me'
Features

Louis de Bernières on how Greece was let down by the EU

De Bernières as his home in Norfolk. He says: 'It's a Georgian house that needs a lifetime of DIY so it's perfect for me'
Features

Louis de Bernières on how Greece was let down by the EU

There have been calls to ban poppers in the United Kingdom
Lifestyle

How gay culture bottled a formula that has broken down boundaries

Faithfull says: 'There are many things about the UK that disgust me. The class system for one. It's like going back to Dickensian times'
Profiles

Marianne Faithfull on David Bowie, Adele, and the darkness in Paris

Is 72 hours without a smartphone possible?
Tech

My quest to live without a smartphone

Grace Beverley, 18-year-old advocate of healthy living
Features

Generation Abstemious: How not drinking took hold

Khan says: 'If we don't speak out, the silence is dominated by the sound of extremists'
Profiles

Sara Khan on gender-segregation, Twitter abuse, and radicalisation

Fashion & Beauty

10 best men's jumpers

Barât says: 'I have the name of the band tattooed on my arm, which is a constant reminder. I'm not going to tattoo 'Debbie' over it or anything. Pete went at his with a knife but that didn't work'
Profiles

Carl Barât on Pete Doherty, and the mid-Noughties party scene

Cheryl Strayed's new book is 'Brave: A Mini Instruction Manual for the Soul'
Features

Cheryl Strayed, memoirist/author: 'Alice Munro is a fantastic writer'

Bernal says: 'I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.'
Features

Gael García Bernal on getting to grips with Che Guevara

Front says: 'Doctor Who was fantastic, and really good fun losing myself in that world, running around with guns and shooting Zygons'
Features

Rebecca Front on working on Julian Fellowes' new drama Doctor Thorne

'The great thing about being an actor is that you do everything with impunity'
News

Peter Mullan on being homeless, Spencer Tracy, and Labour in Scotland

News

Peter Mullan on being homeless, Spencer Tracy, and Labour in Scotland

'The great thing about being an actor is that you do everything with impunity'
Christmas on a plate
Features

Christmas food A-Z: We sort the sprouts from the mince pies

Sally Clarke
News

Sally Clarke: The restaurateur on what she cooks at home

Reviews

Reporting Always by Lillian Ross: The original celebrity interviewer

Dishy delights: Scandinavian cuisine and traditional farmhouse cooking methods are explored in depth in the 768 pages of ‘The Nordic Cookbook’
Features

Christmas 2015: The best books in food and drink

Dishy delights: Scandinavian cuisine and traditional farmhouse cooking methods are explored in depth in the 768 pages of ‘The Nordic Cookbook’
Features

Christmas 2015: The best books in food and drink

Bailey says: 'If I'm sitting on a train and someone gets up to go to the shop they say, "Oh Bill, do you want anything?" like we're old mates. I'm so used to it now'
Features

Comedian Bill Bailey on his part in Ed Miliband's downfall

Hill says: 'I once had the most extraordinarily accurate reading by a medium, giving details they absolutely could never ever have known'
Features

Susan Hill on how growing up in 1950s Scarborough was a writer's dream

Velvet goldmine: Maison Souquet's lavish interiors
Paris

Maison Souquet, Paris - hotel review

Green energy: Jo Cresswell on her 33-acre East Sussex farm, where she keeps turkeys, chickens. ducks, geese, goats and llamas
Home News

Are lifestyle farmers really to blame for the soaring cost of land?

Peterson says: 'I could never leave London – it's the essence of what I am, really'
Features

Gilles Peterson on being fired by Jazz FM

Room with a view: small spaces are enhanced by windows
Hotels

The Line, Los Angeles - hotel review: Drawing a line at over-design

Cryotherapy is the new trend
Health News

How cryotherapy's freezing temperatures are surprisingly tolerable

The Limes College has a capacity for around 120 pupils
Schools

Pupil Referral Units: The children beyond mainstream education

Sarpong says: 'The T4 days were awesome. Vernon and I had such fun , and it never felt like work'
Profiles

June Sarpong on conspiracy theories and David Icke

Oscar Quine behind the wheel of the Jaguar CX75, which is featured in ‘Spectre’
Motoring

Taking James Bond's Jaguar from Spectre for a spin

Knight says: 'Artists take us to a place where we feel alive because of our proximity to death'
Features

Nick Knight on art and death, and working with Kanye West

Features

Nick Knight on art and death, and working with Kanye West

Knight says: 'Artists take us to a place where we feel alive because of our proximity to death'
Most people find coriander to have an agreeable, citrus flavour, but to some its tastes like soap
Home News

Pret A Manger under fire over its liberal use of coriander

Singer Britney Spears performs during the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Reviews

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory, by John Seabrook

Professor Green, born Stephen Manderson
News

Professor Green on clean living, property prices, and Shakespeare

'The worst thing you can possibly do in LA is ask someone how they are'
News

Patrick Kielty on LA in the rain, offensiveness, and his wife's accent

'The worst thing you can possibly do in LA is ask someone how they are'
News

Patrick Kielty on LA in the rain, offensiveness, and his wife's accent

IndyBest

10 best men's sweatshirts

Khorsandi says: 'I do think that my generation and the generation above me were more tribal'
Features

Shappi Khorsandi on youthful rebellion and the sanctity of Billy Bragg

PM David Cameron
Comment

Should the stupid things I did when I was young be held against me?

Home News

The swimming pool that welcomes owners and their dogs

Features

Kevin McCloud interview: The TV presenter and writer on politics,

Europe

Migrant crisis: Life from the inside of a trucker's cab

Features

Kelis interview: The singer, songwriter and sauce-maker on bringing

Barnett says: 'Music is just the thing I like and it makes me happy'
Features

Singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett is the voice-of-a-generation

Archer says: 'I think anyone who wants to walk on to the centre of the stage will have people who are too lazy to do so and will criticise'
Features

Jeffrey Archer interview: Good yarns, early starts and bouncing back

Hampstead's Jack Straw's Castle
News

Campaign launched to protect Britain's endangered post-war pubs

McLynn says: 'My brothers called me 'hook nose' – because I do have quite a large nose – or 'verruca head' was another favourite. Quite inventive that one, I thought'
Features

Father Ted's Mrs Doyle on fear, families and fruit tea

Reviews

Book review: Worktown by David Hall - the story of Mass Observation

Tourists begin their journey home from Sousse in June
Africa

Sousse beach massacre: Are we getting trauma treatment right?

Van Outen says: 'I think I'm far more of a dolly-bird Essex girl than a ladette really. But I did have a gob on me.'
Profiles

Denise Van Outen: 'I was never really a ladette'

News

What fragrances inspired by universities would smell like

Kendall says: 'Thatcher's politics of divide and rule were everything that I hated'
UK Politics

Liz Kendall on rap music, Thatcher, and hiding her holiday snaps

Van Outen says: 'I think I'm far more of a dolly-bird Essex girl than a ladette really. But I did have a gob on me.'
Profiles

Denise Van Outen: 'I was never really a ladette'

News

What fragrances inspired by universities would smell like

Kendall says: 'Thatcher's politics of divide and rule were everything that I hated'
UK Politics

Liz Kendall on rap music, Thatcher, and hiding her holiday snaps

Kendall says: 'Thatcher's politics of divide and rule were everything that I hated'
UK Politics

Liz Kendall on rap music, Thatcher, and hiding her holiday snaps

RuPaul onstage at last year's Tony Awards in New York
Profiles

RuPaul interview: 'I always felt like an outer-space alien'

The Ashley Madison website
Tech

Ashley Madison: The cheaters' guide to using the extramarital affair

Barbara Richardson near her Lancashire home, where the prospect of fracking has mobilised her
Home News

From HS2 and fracking to Heathrow's third runway, meet the new face of

Barbara Richardson near her Lancashire home, where the prospect of fracking has mobilised her
Home News

From HS2 and fracking to Heathrow's third runway, meet the new face of

Armatrading says: 'I've never drunk alcohol in my life. I don't drink tea or coffee or eat meat. I'm pretty boring'
Features

Joan Armatrading interview: The singer-songwriter on performing with

Fashion & Beauty

10 best men's graphic print t-shirts

A bedroom at the Greyhound
Hotels

The Greyhound on the Test, Hampshire: Fishing and walking around a

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