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Book Review: Parisians: An Adventure History Of Paris
Graham Robb has that rare gift of storytelling that compels riveted attention from readers of non-fiction as much as fiction and he understands that stories may spring emotionally from places but inevitably embrace the lives of people.

Demise of apple orchards threatens Britain's mistletoe
Although this year's harvest is bountiful and prices are buoyant, a long-term threat hangs over the future of the UK's mistletoe.

Terror attack stuns Stockholm
The Stockholm suicide bombing has shattered the open-minded Scandinavian country of Sweden.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Breakthroughs shed new light on illumination
New technology is lighting up cities and saving energy.

Wales: Slowing it down
Located at the north-west corner of mainland Wales, Anglesey is commonly treated as a thoroughfare by people heading to the busy port of Holyhead.

Time to get back to basics (+recipe)
Ireland's 'gourmet grande dame', Darina Allen, fills in the cooking gaps that may have passed us by.

Ask Lonely Planet: Soak up sights and culture on island time
Advice on exploring Vanuatu and attending cooking school in Tuscany or Umbria.

Nobel laureates receive prizes
The 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry received their prizes in Stockholm last night.

Venice: Italy's winter wonderland
In winter, Venice's crowds melt away as the December mists confer the canals with an exquisite extra dimension.

Birth from the inside out
Where would the world of childbirth be without those uninhibited European women who feature so prominently in birthing videos?

'There is no fair play here,' says Assange's mother
The mother of WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange says she is worried he will not get a fair trial following his arrest in London.

The Ashes: Warne comeback on the cards?
With the Australian cricket team hitting a new low, is spin king Shane Warne about to come out of retirement and return to test cricket?

No escaping long arm of the law
A speeding driver has been ticketed by the same policeman on both sides of the world.

Sarkozy spared more scandal as L'Oreal feud is resolved
France's incendiary political and society soap opera came to a shuddering halt after three years yesterday.

Commuter rescued from train tracks
An off-duty policeman rescued a man who fell on to Madrid's underground Metro tracks seconds before a train came through.

Concorde verdict 'absurd': Continental
Continental Airlines says it's a farce that a French court has put the blame on them for the 2000 Concorde crash.

Bailout fund hint highlights tensions
The Belgian Finance Minister has hinted that the €750 billion ($1.3 trillion) EU bailout fund could be increased, in a further sign of the confusion and discord over the best way to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis.

Movie Review: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
This bizarre Finnish comedy horror doesn't live up to the appealing central concept, but has more than enough points of difference to warrant interest.

Noomi Rapace - The It girl
Noomi Rapace is finished with her role as prickly computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium film trilogy - and she's caustic about plans for a remake. By Helen Barlow.