There are two schools of designers - those who view fashion as serious business, and those who see it as spectacle.

Are French women superior at raising children? Dita De Boni delves into the debate started by feminist Elisabeth Badinter.

While constant rebirth is key to the success of a fashion house, heritage plays a huge part in keeping the prestige alive.

Dylan Thomas' final home is as lyrical and off-beat as his best-known work, writes Sankha Guha.

Witnessing the All Whites' draw in a bar filled with the most aggressive Italian supporters in Milan trumped any fashion show, writes Isaac Hindin Miller.

From 80s silhouettes to designer wellies, there was plenty of variety at Milan Fashion Week today.

An engineer who spent 40 years obsessively digging tunnels under his home has left council bosses to shoulder a massive bill.

A mystery graffiti protester is dividing Barcelona's old quarter streets into separate lanes for the tourists and the "normal" Barcelonans.

Attention to detail is the all-important ingredient in the business of making champagne, says Francois Hautekeur.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Geoff Cumming cruises the waterways of France and has a cliched but perfect experience.

Images of the writer and aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - probably taken just before his death - have surfaced in France.

Captain fantastic Ryan Nelsen says the All Whites have proved the doubters wrong, and the side has everything to play for.

The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.

Beautiful, historic Slovenia is coming into its own, writes Andrea Jutson.

This is a fact - something I believe the way I believe I will die if there's no oxygen. Curiously, I also know it's not true, writes Stuart Dye.

Monteith's Golden Lager has taken out the top title at the competition in London.