We have learned much from French winemakers - now it's time to give back.

Celia Canning takes us off the tourist track and shares the insider's guide to Paris' gourmand secrets.

Venice in summer may be a tourist haven but it's still a magical place to visit, writes Diana Plater.

Life after Galliano begins - but Dior still knows how to put on a show.

Rapper Kingslee Daley, aka Akala, is a man on a mission; to get at-risk kids exploring words, from Shakespeare to Jay-Z. Scott Kara reports

Three Kiwi Francophiles share what it's like to get past France's tourist veneer.

It takes a whole day to make but a French cassoulet is worth the effort, writes Grant Allen.

Fear that the debt crisis in Europe is spreading has sent investors running for the exits, hammering both global equities and the euro.

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

Over 100 people are missing after a passenger boat sank in the Volga River. Emotional reunions were plentiful as the shaken survivors returned to dry land.

A 17-year-old model from Matamata is touted to give Kate Moss a run for her money.

Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst is not noted for his prolific output, so a new novel is always a great event. And his latest could be his best yet.

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.