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Police in New York say the best tactic is to stay on the move and nap in the passenger seat while your partner is driving.

Sleeping at work now has a name

Napping cops have inspired an addition to the workplace lexicon, the term "cooping".

David Hasselhoff

The Hoff takes chest hair and cheesiness to new heights

The ‘Baywatch’ and ‘Knight Rider’ star talks frankly about how he has come to terms with the semi-ironic fame he achieved in the past decade.

‘For me, all writing is a process of discovery’

Nadine Gordimer speaks to Emma Brockes about the urge to write, what will happen when Mandela dies, and being a white African.

Life’s indivisible explosions

Marilynne Robinson, who has just won the Orange Prize, shuns big clichéd adventures and chooses to focus on the small, quiet dramas.

China’s modest billionaire

I visit Timothy Chan on the day China’s rich list is published and he, a baby-faced 31-year-old, appears at number two. He is chairperson of Shanda Entertainment, a computer…

‘I married Osama’s brother’

Carmen bin Ladin and her daughters, Wafah, Najia and Noor, are the only Bin Ladins in the Western world to be listed in the telephone book. They live in Switzerland, where Carmen…

‘I’m sure this one will do fine’

With a beneficent wave of his hand, George Lucas declines to make a fuss.

Jude awakening

His Dickie Greenleaf in The Talented Mr Ripley is an arrogant playboy, but in real life Jude Law is just a highly confident movie star – with an Oscar nomination. He talks to…