Drugs that can affect your libido, 13-hour operations and hair-covered membranes that are fused to the scalp: The hair-raising truth about cures for male baldness

While some of the clinics in this country have an unimpeachable track record, the industry itself is still shrouded in mystery

Money to Nineteen Eighty-Four: Robert Webb on the ten books that changed his life

What particularly terrified me about 1984, more than the torture or the rats, was the assault on language

The Peep Show comedian and former Booker Prize judge chooses Martin Amis's classic and George Orwell's terrifying vision of the future.

A sound investment? Radio 2 DJ Huey Morgan tests Naim's high-end music system

'Music is my life - it's about 80 per cent of what's going on around me,' said Huey Morgan

The NaimUniti 2 All-in-One Player is the best music system I’ve ever used. It’s got the lot: integrated amplifier, CD player, DAB tuner, internet radio...

If Sebastian Coe wins the Order of Merit, what company is he in?

The esteemed company Seb Coe would be joining includes former prime ministers, distinguished academics, scientists and cultural luminaries

Established by Edward VII in 1902, the order is limited to 24 members at any one time, and appointments are at the sole discretion of the monarch.

OLLY SMITH: Scarily good for fright night

My top choice for Halloween is a cool, bubbly glass of good-value Prosecco

This time of year, with the trees turning orange and red and the final mellow fruits yielding up their bounty, always makes me think of rich whites and reds with a fruity ease to them.

'My family invented Quality Street but it's not as if I get a cut every time someone has a toffee': The world according to Millie Mackintosh

'In the 1890s my great-great-grandmother invented a new recipe that made for a much tastier and chewier sweet,' said Millie

The star of reality show Made In Chelsea on being an exhibitionist, getting bullied at boarding school and why she isn't as wealthy as people think she is.

TOM PARKER BOWLES: Secrets and pies: How to make the perfect comfort food

Real cottage pie is the quintessence of comfort food, the edible equivalent of a steaming bath

Buying the best mince you can find is crucial, as this is the heart and soul of the dish. Getting it freshly ground from the butcher makes all the difference.

This wireless speaker certainly makes a statement, but does the sound quality match up to the styling?

As well as iPhones, Bang & Olufsen's A9 speaker work with Androids and other gizmos - but it's built to cosy up with Apples first, with a special app letting you pair them perfectly

'In private, I live a quiet life. My extreme sport is acting': He faked a breakdown on live TV and now Joaquin Phoenix is tackling Scientology is his controversial new film

'With acting there are times when I am literally shaking from the adrenaline,' said Joaquin

'My friends betrayed me - and that just makes them evil': The world according to Leona Lewis

'Being famous is very lonely,' said Leona Lewis

The singer on working with Simon Cowell, rumours about her lovelife and why being famous can be lonely.

Why vacuum cleaner king James Dyson wants to turn us into a nation of inventors

'I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers,' said James Dyson

As a nation we’ve been responsible for the locomotive, the telephone, the television, the programmable electronic computer and the World Wide Web.

'What's it like to take a punch? It's not ideal, but it's all right': Freddie Flintoff reveals why he's becoming a professional boxer

'I've always loved boxing and I'm going to have a go at it and see where it takes us,' said Andrew Flintoff

Rather than settle into a comfortable lifestyle of golf, he’s decided to take up a sport that those in the business describe starkly as a ‘hurting game’.

How a fake sci-fi film helped the CIA save six American diplomats during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis

Blindfolded American embassy staff, taken hostage when militants stormed the embassy compound in Tehran in November 1979

Ben Affleck's latest movie tells the true story of the daring mission. Here the chief of the CIA’s worldwide disguise operations tells how he hatched the plan.

JAMES MARTIN: Why does the new Ford Focus make me feel like I've just drunk three cups of coffee?

I normally think about the weight distribution in sports cars, not hatchbacks. But it's exactly right in the Ford Focus, giving you more confidence to chuck it around

A roof that folds in 20 seconds and glass that tints at the touch of a button. Sadly, the Mercedes-Benz SL can't control the weather

The new Mercedes-Benz SL's 4.7-litre twin-turbo V8 puts 435hp through the rear wheels, which means it can reach 60mph in 4.4 seconds

It is nearly all aluminium, so it's 22st lighter than the previous generation. It's also stiffer, with a lower centre of gravity, sharper steering and active damping.

I thought Toyota's latest sports car was woefully underpowered - until I learned how to drive it

What the Toyota GT86 lacks in power it makes up for in the steering; it's crisp and meaty and with a gentle flick before a corner, the back end will twitch

It's got some fancy lights, sharp angles at the front, powerful wheel arches and a streamlined look, but I wouldn't chase it down the road taking pictures.

The £92,000 watch that tells you if you're being lazy

The UR-210 eschews traditional concepts such as hour and minute hands. Instead, three barrels rotate to show the hour within this window, and the minutes are read along the dial at the bottom

The UR-210 features the world’s only efficiency meter for a mechanical watch. Essentially, it tells you whether you are generating more energy than the watch needs (eg, you’re running for a train) or not enough (lying dormant in first class).

Take your music on the road with a suitcase converted into a speaker system

Not only are the cases vintage: the audio components are old-school too

The models, grouped into four ranges, vary in size from a positively dainty briefcase with 50W amp and six-inch woofer to a chunky case with 200W with 12in woofer; the power, however, comes from modern Li-ion batteries.

Take to the stage with a guitar made by a revolutionary 3D printer

Using 3D printing means the shape of the guitar body is limited only by the designer's imagination

This Atom (pictured left) by ODD isn't carved, but printed using a technique called selective laser sintering (SLS), which builds up the body in layers of extra-strong DuraForm PA nylon just 0.1mm thick.

Secrets and pies: How to make the perfect comfort food

Real cottage pie is the quintessence of comfort food, the edible equivalent of a steaming bath

Buying the best mince you can find is crucial, as this is the heart and soul of the dish. Getting it freshly ground from the butcher makes all the difference.

Live and let dine: As Skyfall opens, how to eat like 007

In Casino Royale James Bond admits, 'I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink'. He had a particular penchant for slow-cooked scrambled eggs

James Bond's tastes reflected Ian Fleming's own. He not only shared his creator's golf handicap and shampoo, but also a penchant for slow-cooked scrambled eggs.

Sicilian fish? I'm hooked

Close-up of mackerel

The fish market in Catania, Sicily's second largest city, is one of the finest in the world, beaten only by Tokyo's Tsukiji.

Ivanka Trump's daughter spoke in Mandarin. To know why the Trumps are billionaires, try to get your 18-month-old to do that

Ivanka is beautiful, whip-sharp, and like her father, very amusing company

I returned to do some filming on the latest series of Celebrity Apprentice in New York, only this time as Donald Trump's 'eyes and ears' aide.

'I just beat Usain Bolt!' I declared, assuming the 'lightning bolt' position. 'Fancy a run?' he asked. 'Sorry. Dodgy hamstring'

The interview, which merely confirmed the charming, quick-witted Usain Bolt's hero status to me, turned into a series of mini-contests

'Never meet your heroes' goes the famous warning. So I was apprehensive before the arrival of the athlete in my CNN New York office today.

'Everything was perfect,' Schwarzenegger told me, 'and all of a sudden I wiped out what I cherished most - my marriage, my family'

'I would just say sorry for what I've done. I want to win her (Maria Shriver) back, and I hope she can forgive me,' said Arnold Schwarzenegger

Gone was all the old Schwarzenegger bravado, replaced by a sombre, reflective and astonishingly self-critical manner.