Welcome to Shoreditch, an edgy district in the east of the capital where flocks of art lovers are ditching the National Gallery for an urban adventure.

Alec Baldwin and his 28-year-old yoga instructor wife Hilaria Thomas have confirmed they are expecting their first child together.

Justine Tyerman writes of cruising Croatia.

Hungary's capital, Budapest, has dusted off the dreary years of communism to become as great and glamorous as it was 100 years ago.

Hostility to the European Union is mainly an English thing, writes Gwynne Dyer, but that matters a lot in the United Kingdom, where 55 million of the kingdom's 65 million people live in England.

Shakira has surprised many by giving her baby the same name as her partner Gerard Pique's top football rivals.

Check in at London's Dorset Square Hotel, a couple of minutes' walk from Marylebone station and five minutes from Baker Street Tube.

Justine Tyerman discovers Castelluccio, in Umbria, Italy.

Finland's capital is aglow with colourful lights and lasers piercing the black winter skies and lighting up downtown buildings providing a much-needed burst of illumination during the darkest days of the year.

Justine Tyerman keeps a promise made nearly three decades ago to make a pilgrimage to Rome, The Eternal City.

For anyone considering a trip to a European city, Lisbon perhaps isn't a destination that springs immediately to mind. The Portuguese capital's singular charms, however, are drawing an increasing number of visitors.

When you’ve strolled around the City of Love visiting icons like the Lourve, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and eaten more than your share of fresh baguettes and gooey cheese, here are five off-the-beaten-track things to write home about.