Adrian Mourby boards the lavish Danube Express heading from Budapest to Istanbul via Romania, encountering stunning scenery and quirky guests along the way... more
As the Royal Academy launches its second photography exhibition, it's reasonable to ask Why Hungary? But this fascinating collection of 200 black and white images by 40 photographers confirms their powerful influence... more
Great piano duos rarely figure in jazz history but pianists love them, and 22 of Britain's finest are exercising two Steinway grands in Soho this week... more
A French family that tried to smuggle out twin two-month-old babies hidden under a mattress in a van were arrested as they tried to cross the border from Ukraine into Hungary... more
Why pay upwards of £2,000 a month to show Premier League football on Sky Sports, when a trip back to Hungary means you can pay less than five per cent of that figure?... more
Raphael, Leonardo and Goya are among big names on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
— but the selection only whets the appetite, says Brian Sewell... more
Elena Dementieva continued her golden run at the Olympic tennis centre with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Melinda Czink in the second round of the China Open... more
Iceland is to get its $6 billion rescue package from an International Monetary Fund-led consortium, according to Poland, one of the contributors... more
It has been described as The Office meets Deliverance. But Christopher Smith's film hasn't the observational skill of the former and doesn't deserve to touch the hem of John Boorman's classic.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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