UK Life & Style

	Free audiobook download: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Jan 30, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk The first in our series of inspiring self-help audiobooks is Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Look out tomorrow for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Mobile users – please visit the desktop site. [read more]
	Fashion wishlist: what we like this week – in pictures Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk This week's best buys, from cool cat brooch to long yellow skirt [read more]
	From Barney Frank to Starbucks – gay marriage this week Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Chris Christie appoints gay supreme court justice; Barney Frank gets engaged - a round-up of this week's gay marriage news [read more]
	Free copy of Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar, on Sunday with the Observer Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Enjoy your free copy of bestseller Happier, by Tal Ben-Shahar, only with the Observer on Sunday 29 January [read more]
	Autistic people need many things – a new test is not high on the list \| Nicholas Taylor Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Nicholas Taylor \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk A new diagnostic test was announced in the clinical language of the lab. As someone who works with autistic children, it grates [read more]
	Snooping around – in pictures Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk From a Worcestershire farmhouse to 'Tracy Island' in Kent [read more]
	Get the look: contrast collars – in picturesThi Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Contrast collars – a trend that speaks to every audience [read more]
	The assumptions behind the 'black marriage crisis' \| Tamara Winfrey Harris Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Tamara Winfrey Harris \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk It's cast as a crisis for the African American community, but the subtext is that women should settle down – and settle for less [read more]
	Concern over Twitter's country-by-country censorship ability Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Twitter is facing a backlash from its users after the website said it had the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis. [read more]
	Key fashion trends: Men's denim - in pictures Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Helen Seamons \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Check out the designer denim look, then find out where to shop for it for less [read more]
	Hop onboard an HGV and see what they can't see \| Bike blog Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Laura Laker \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk A safety initiative by the Met is encouraging cyclists and HGV drivers and cyclists to swap places [read more]
	The big picture: Eleanor and Barbara, by Harry Callahan Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Hannah Booth \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Though taken from a distance, these images of Callahan's wife and daughter nevertheless reveal a great intimacy [read more]
	Weekend readers' pictures: Missing Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Guardian readers \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk From headless birds, to a lonely glove: your best pictures on this week's theme, missing [read more]
	All ages fashion: yellow – in pictures Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Priscilla Kwateng \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Have courage. Wear yellow [read more]
	How to dress: contrast collars Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Jess Cartner-Morley, Priscilla Kwateng, Richard Sprenger \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Video: Contrast collars are everywhere this season, from Jil Sander to H&M. Jess Cartner-Morley explains how to wear them [read more]
	What were your brilliant childhood inventions? \| Open thread Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Two Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into space. Tell us how that competes with the fruits of your childhood workshop [read more]
	Plain is out – for furniture and accessories, think decorative Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Charlotte Abrahams \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Homewares are all about decorative pattern right now. Charlotte Abrahams picks the best high street offerings, from stencilled cupboards to birds in sweaters [read more]
	Rising textile star: Deryn Relph Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property [read more]
	Diane Abbott: The abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Diane Abbott \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics [read more]
	Davos: if women are the future, where are they? Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Jane Martinson \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Despite a quota system to boost female participitation, the gender imbalance is still heavily skewed towards men [read more]
	Picture of the day: Berlin fashion week Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Rachel Dixon \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Careful moustache preparation ahead of Patrick Mohr's facial hair-heavy show [read more]
	Fashion Statement: weekly style digest Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Simon Chilvers \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Menswear shows, haute couture and Joy Division meets Mickey Mouse. What a week in fashion it's been, says Simon Chilvers [read more]
	Store Wars: Independent grocers Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Guardian readers \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk We've opened Store Wars up to readers who have visited local grocery shops to deliver their verdicts [read more]
	Cryptic crosswords: initial letters Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Alan Connor demystifies each type of cryptic crossword clue for beginners and asks experienced solvers to share their favourite examples. This week: initial letters [read more]
	'300 jobs threatened' at NHS Direct Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: The Independent \| Life Style \| Life, Fashion, Food and Drink \| Healthy Living, Technology and Property Up to 300 frontline staff at NHS Direct could lose their jobs as the service tries to cut costs, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said today. [read more]
	PIP breast implant boss Jean-Claude Mas charged with causing bodily harm Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Angelique Chrisafis \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk After hours of questioning by investigators, Mas was released on €100,000 bail and banned from leaving France [read more]
	Dries Van Noten menswear - audio slideshow Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Helen Seamons, Jim Powell \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Exclusive: Helen Seamons goes backstage at Dries Van Noten's A/W 2012 menswear collection, a mash-up of Oscar Wilde and Frank Zappa [read more]
	The Friday debate: sick of snowdrops? Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Jane Perrone \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk They're white, green and everywhere to be seen - but have you had enough of snowdrops yet, asks Jane Perrone [read more]
	Calling time on the pint glass Jan 27, 2012 \| Author: Ben McFarland \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk The pint glass is an outdated relic and beer drinkers have been subjected to it for too long. It's time to put it out to pasture, says Ben McFarland [read more]
	Is vintage clothing passé? Jan 27, 2012 \| Source: Life and style \| Independent guardian.co.uk Bargains are rare, traders are struggling and clothes from the 90s are considered period pieces. Jo-ann Fortune wonders if the thrill has gone out of vintage shopping [read more]