A fifth win of the 2011 Tour and an astounding 20th in all on 95-kilometre 21st stage from Creteil to the Champs-Elysees saw Cavendish claim the points classification prize... more
Police in France admitted today they would be enforcing the country's new burka ban 'extremely cautiously' because of fears of provoking violence
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Now you can get a new angle on the French capital via its flea markets, design boutiques and vintage stores, and all with the help of a superbly informed guide... more
City comment: Money has been pouring into bonds and bond funds for so long now that all of us who said 12 months ago that it could not and should not continue look distinctly off the pace... more
The boss of Piaget, one of the world’s biggest names in upmarket watches, declares New Bond Street the world’s premier shopping street for jewellery... more
As the great Pete Seeger asked in his classic anti-war song Where have All the Flowers Gone: "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"... more
There are those who complain Harrods is not what it used to be. But then Harrods as it used to be probably would not have moved the Qatari royal family to part with £1.5 billion... more
More than 15,000 Parisians have signed a petition calling on our mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, to prevent the place from becoming "the European capital of boredom"... more
The next chapter in the rivalry between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador will take place in a majestic landscape next July - the Pyrenees... more
Booming business in the West End has pushed retail rents higher this year despite the global recession which has battered many of the world’s most prestigious shopping streets ... more
Written from inside Nazi Germany, Ödön von Horváth’s still underrated plays raise the big questions about guilt and conscience, says his translator Christopher Hampton.... more
Britain’s Mark Cavendish proved once again he is the fastest man in cycling by racing to a historic first on the Champs-Elysees as Alberto Contador celebrated his second Tour de France success... more
Designer jewellery worth about £75 million has been recovered after the arrest of 36 men and women thought to be behind one of the biggest gem heists ever... more
For the first time in 100 years, the French capital is attracting the best conductors and most exciting talents and threatens to rival London’s music scene...... more
Phillippe Herreweghe steered the Orchestre des Champs Elysées down an alternative path at its Proms performance of Mozart's Requiem, and the less intense approach proved successful.... 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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