The collapse of the front row at the Balenciaga show set the tone for a Paris Fashion Week that fell short of London's impact, says Karen Dacre... more
Dominique Strauss-Kahn had a secret nine-month affair with a 23-year-old lawyer before dumping her and driving her to attempt suicide, she claims... more
A 'Ferrero Rocher league' of hospitality spending by UK embassies abroad shows Paris tops the table after spending almost £350,000 in a single year on dinners and receptions... more
Five people died and almost 60 were injured, including several young children, after a fire ripped through a block of flats in Paris early today... more
A year after its services were paralysed by “fluffy snow”, Eurostar says a surge in business travellers helped its sales rise 12% to £760 million last year... more
Seating 150 over two floors, with a magnificent bar and theatrically lush decor, Les Deux Salons off the Strand captures the spirit of Paris and the joy of French cooking ... more
FRENCH police today arrested a man suspected of making several bomb threats in Paris, including one against the Gare Saint-Lazare. The man, in his fifties, was held in Meudon, south-west of the capital. There were nine recorded bomb alerts in Paris last month, two of them at the Eiffel Tower.... more
As London 2012 hopefuls, former Olympians and Team GB members battle it out in the Eurostar Tri-City-Athlon, Standard man Ben Bailey takes on the best of the best... more
They are the Par-Dons, a new generation of people who split their lives between London and Paris for work, study or simply to get the best of both worlds... more
Much to the horror of Prince Charles, this year's Serpentine pavilion is the work of controversial French architect Jean Nouvel. Even worse, he's got designs on St Paul's Cathedral. Hermione Eyre meets an unrepentant revolutionary... more