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Paris menswear shows: Thom Browne evokes the 19th century

A calculated risk can pay dividends, and where fashion shows are concerned, Thom Browne is a sure thing.

Paris menswear shows: Lanvin showcases hybrid luxury

Easy luxury is at the heart of a Lanvin collection but there was something almost stern in a knee-length coat tied tightly at the waist.

Scientists fear kilograms don't weigh as much as they used to

The reign of the kilo as we know it may be about to come to an end.

French legends allowed to puff again

Lady Gaga gives fans a taste of her new album (+video)

Ubiquitous pop warbler Lady Gaga has teased her fans with a preview of a track from her upcoming album 'Born This Way'.

Paris menswear shows: Gaga's stylist creates visual drama

Isaac Hindin Miller reports from the French capital on the latest in winter menswear fashions.

Humble baguette victim of global forces

France backed wrong horse in Tunisia

The French Government may have made a major error of judgment by helping Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stay in power for so long.

New National Front boss threat in presidential poll

Oscar winner Marion Cotillard pregnant

The <i>Inception</i> star and her French actor-and-director partner Guillaume Canet are expecting their first child together.

Economic gloom and doom drain France of its joie de vivre

Movie Review: Mademoiselle Chambon

A sunlit Gallic Brief Encounter, this French film of love confounded remains mostly on the right side of the line between exquisite and excruciating, thanks largely to the pitch-perfect performances of its two leading actors.

Honour for Indian heroine in Churchill's spy squad

Ask Lonely Planet: More to Uluru than climbing the rock

Advice from travel experts on observing protocol in Australia's Red Centre and finding cheap accommodation in Paris.

Fat Freddy's French fan makes epic trip

When Yannick Denis won tickets to see his favourite band play in Waihi tonight, there was one minor hitch.

<i>Catherine Field:</i> Language police ignore textual chainsaw massacre of English

Drug fiasco set to blow up

Rugby: Howlett arrested in Ireland - report

Former All Blacks star Doug Howlett was arrested by Irish police on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly at his Christmas party night out with his Munster teammates.