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...Alan Rickman's emotionally constricted businessman does consummate his affair with his nastily manipulative secretary, it does not mean all ends well. Indeed, you could say the wife he betrays (Emma Thompson) carries the film's heaviest emotional weight. She's brave and--because Thompson is such a wise, fine actress--utterly winning in her devastation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Sweet Agonies Of Affection | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...drawn to ugly people, so readers spend a lot of time in the company of some very bitter, bitchy old biddies. But mostly because, for a book that comes on all hard-boiled, it gives way to some embarrassingly maudlin emotions. Let's face it: love is all fine and dandy, but we all know that hate makes for better copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love-Sick | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Byatt. People found his immense talent obtrusive and, frankly, kind of irritating. Now Amis' first big novel in eight years, Yellow Dog (Miramax Books; 340 pages), has arrived in the U.S., still charred and smoking from vicious attacks in the British press. Does he, not to put too fine a point on it, still have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Good Man Goes Bad | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...point of departure). As bike trips have grown in popularity, tour operators such as Butterfield & Robinson butterfieldandrobinson.com in Toronto and Backroads in California--two of the oldest active-travel companies--have learned that they can snag more customers with a tour that includes evening theater trips and fine wines than if it's just about the bike. "As boomers, who make up a significant portion of the customer base, have aged and as the appeal of biking trips has broadened," says Tom Hale, founder and owner of Backroads, "the comfort level and add-ons have taken biking trips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy Rider | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Pampered Cyclists Bike tours are offering extras way beyond fine Chablis. Yoga, spas and spies are also on the agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Table of Contents: Nov. 3, 2003 | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

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