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Spain: Ode to Balenciaga on a fashionable holiday
Spain's Cristobal Balenciaga museum is a stylish nod to fashion tourism.

What I pack: Barnaby Weir
I travel light: take only what you really need and leave room for treasure!

Out of control suckers
A big "explosion" over a year in bedbug infestations is being blamed on the hard-to-kill pests hitching rides to Auckland on increasing numbers of world travellers.

France: Treasure viewed on Corsica's streets
Treasures often remain hidden - at the bottom of the sea, for example, or perhaps in some musty cellar. In Bastia, one often only needs to walk through the streets, eyes wide open, to discover them.

All Blacks: Departing Thomson still selected
Highlanders' loose forward on All Black tour even though he is likely to be playing overseas next season.

Glitter arrested, released
Former pop star Gary Glitter has left a London police station after his arrest by police investigating the Jimmy Savile scandal.

One night in Vienna's museums
A ramble through the many museums of Vienna reveals an enthralling peep show of curiosities for Jenna Hand.

Bad cabs: Taken for a ride?
Tourists are being taken for a ride by bad cabbies throughout Europe, writes Simon Calder.

Timberlake, Biel debut wedding rings
Newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are snapped sporting their wedding rings after their hush-hush wedding.

Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel to wed this week?
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are set to tie the knot this weekend, according to reports.

Twelve Questions with Greg McGee
Greg McGee is the author of The Open Side, the biography of All Black captain Richie McCaw. He is also a literary gender bender: McGee

Germany: Not just the beer
Oktoberfest draws millions of visitors to Bavaria each year, but there's much more to this quirky German state.

France: Sleep deprived Parisians want less noise
A battle is raging on Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Denis, a shabby Paris street where hip bars are sprouting like mushrooms, and it's part of a wider war in the city pitching sleep-starved residents against nocturnal revellers.

1920s Downton daughters
The new season of Downton Abbey sees the Grantham sisters moving with the times.

Switzerland: Turn over a new leaf this autumn
While leaf-peeping in the Upper Engadine valley, Kate Simon welcomes the changing of the seasons.

Spain: Savour the silence at a Balearic beauty
A secluded country house amid olive groves offers boutique hotel services as well as outstanding views, says Mick Webb.

England: Cornwall, as the adventure Butler saw it
From ballet on the beach to harvesting a hedgerow, a new company shows Kate Simon how to get the most from a UK holiday.