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Piano duo deliver musical perfection
Unique melodies from rare partnership thrill and mesmerise.

Seurat's grand triumph of light
Chicagoans believe they have stolen a march on the French over Georges Seurat's painting and indeed they have.

Coffee and boxing inspire at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

DSquared2 delivers a hockey horror picture show
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Milan Fashion Week.

Tumbele! - Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds from the French Caribbean: 1963-74
If the joyous and spirited sounds on this album are anything to go by, the 60s and early 70s would have been a golden age to be partying on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Sweet dreams of toasty winter fashion
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Milan Fashion Week.

Air France-KLM to charge obese passengers extra
Passengers who are unable to squeeze into a single aeroplane seat will have to pay 75 per cent of the cost of a second seat under the new rules.

France: King of the castles
On a windswept and moody day on France's west coast the first sight of the majestic Mont Saint-Michel is an awe-inspiring one.

Survivor of gas chambers faces Nazi in court
"I am still in Sobibor 67 years on," the trembling man told Court 101. "I still have nightmares about the place.

Dannii Minogue speaks of baby joy
Dannii Minogue has revealed that before falling pregnant she feared she might be getting too old to have a baby.

Backstage larks and a Cavalli show (+video)
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Milan Fashion Week.

Cat's commuting love affair is his downfall
Caper, a commuting cat who became a local celebrity in Plymouth, England and made headlines around the world has died doing what he loved.

France, Germany warn against Internet Explorer
France and Germany have warned web users against using all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to protect security.

A glimpse of an imaginary city of gold
If you had been in Venice just over a year ago and gone to see the elegant Bridge of Sighs, you would have had an unpleasant surprise.

Green's the new black at Milan Fashion Week (+video)
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from the European fashion shows.

Himalayan global warming claim 'based on dated, obscure source'
A leading British paper claims the UN has made a sizeable blunder over key evidence on global warming.

The French connection
Marianne Dissard is an all-American girl who retains inescapable Gallic roots.