France yesterday launched the most ambitious engineering project in Western Europe since the Channel tunnel.

The new editor of MrPorter.com lists his favourite male fashion icons of all time.

Prince Charles has comforted grieving family members of Christchurch earthquake victims in London.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going at Paris Fashion Week. In a season dogged by intrigue, this could be a mantra, on the catwalk and beyond.

Ageing faster than a blue cheese in a damp cave!" opined the Daily Mail's Jan Moir, following Kate Moss's recent appearance at the Louis Vuitton show in Paris.

For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.

John Galliano's recent comments have put the spotlight on the links between designers and government.

Marc Jacobs left no stone unturned at the Louis Vuitton show that opened the final day of the Paris collections yesterday.

Jacques Chirac is set to become the first past or serving French President to go on trial for corruption.

Jewish people in France say they are well used to anti-Semitism.

Greg Henderson has been named to compete in the opening classic of the European cycling season.

French dancer-choreographer Rachid Ouramdane's multimedia performance reviewed by Raewyn White

One of the pleasures of reading an essayist as eclectic as Geoff Dyer is that one can go within a few pages from regarding him as a fount of wisdom (when his opinions match yours) to thinking he's a pretentious phoney (when they don't).

Megan Singleton discovers beautiful cities in a whistlestop train journey.

Christian Dior fired John Galliano today after an online video clip circulated around the world showing its star designer shouting anti-Semitic abuse at people in a Paris bar.