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Nine years after its launch, Big Brother is down to 3 million viewers. Yet reality TV is as likely to drop out of the schedules as sport or the news. Rachel Cooke reports
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My body & soul
George Galloway, Celebrity Big Brother contestant and MP, 53
Comment & features p7
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Did I say that?
Donald Trump, presenter of The Apprentice (USA), 62
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How to be ...
A Big Brother survivor
Comment & features p9
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This much I know
Myleene Klass, presenter, 30, London
Comment & features p12
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Top ten earners
How much do the big shots of reality TV earn?
Comment & features p21
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The numbers game
The 10 most popular reality shows and their biggest single audiences
Comment & features p23
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Reality (sound)bites
The best quotes from reality TV
Comment & features p25
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Murder he wrote
Novelist and co-writer of The Wire George Pelecanos talks to Amy Raphael about growing up Greek and the day he shot his friend in the face
Comment & features p32
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Revenge is a dish best served cold
The popular blog Waiter Rant gives insight into the pitfalls of dining out. It has now been served up in book form, and here the writer reveals why the customer is (nearly) always wrong
Comment & features p42
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New York storeys
Re-modelling a Brooklyn brownstone
Comment & features p50
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My space
Noel Gallagher's ex and wallpaper designer Meg Mathews invites us into her home and talks daughters, design and fish dinners
Comment & features p54
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Dressing up, dressing down
From satisfying your summer party-frock needs to the final word on camping
Comment & features p59
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The thrill of the grill
The fragrant smoke, the heady herbs, the sizzling meat... There's nothing like a barbecue to get the juices flowing, says Nigel Slater
Comment & features p60
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Ask Nigel
How to cook rice properly | Tarts without bitterness
Comment & features p63
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Going belly up
The only thing the revamped Chicago Rib Shack grills expertly, says Jay Rayner, is your wallet
Comment & features p65
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Punch drunk
What happens when two super-critics go head to head over Bordeaux? Tim Atkin on a heavyweight bottle battle
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Ask Tim
Screwcaps on wine bottles | When to drink a 1989 Château Léoville-Barton
Comment & features p67
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A turn for the best
As the garden reaches its peak, there's plenty you can still do to prolong its glory. But the most important job, says Dan Pearson, is to sit back and savour it
Comment & features p69
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Ask Dan
Taking cuttings of roses | Less wild buddleia | Limey soil
Comment & features p71
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How can we save our trees from the chop?
It's not quite the Amazon rainforest, but Britain's tree canopy is a vital asset. Lucy Siegle on why, and how, we should protect it
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The green gauge
From fair pay for waiters to endangered flamingos
Comment & features p73
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Six appeal
Feathers, water-based paints, racing engines... Martin Love finds the Mazda 6 full of surprises
Comment & features p74
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Incredible journey
Ailsa Forbes remembers the night drives to Dundee
Comment & features p75
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Horoscopes
Neil Spencer on your astrological week ahead
Comment & features p77
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Dear Mariella
My daughter-in-law is pregnant. She is reserved and self-contained and though I've offered to care for the baby, she's refused. What will make her start to like us?
