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Andy Murray told to raise his game for ATP finale

20.11.09
Andy Murray is going to have to play some of his best tennis if he is to win a £1million bonus and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London... more

Smash hit: Andy Murray swings into London

20.11.09
Andy Murray is the sporting hero of Middle England - a strange position for a Scot to find himself in. And after a shaky start with the public, he's learning to play the game, finds Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni... more

Thierry Henry: The fairest thing would be to replay game

20.11.09
Thierry Henry has called on FIFA to replay the controversial World Cup qualifier between France and the Republic of Ireland... more

Revealed: bust-up with Boris made Lord Rogers quit

20.11.09
Extraordinary row between Boris Johnson and one of the world's leading architects led to resignation over controversial Chelsea Barracks redevelopment... more

Controversial goals

19.11.09
After Thierry Henry handed France a ticket to the World Cup with a controversial assist, we look at five other goals involving handball... more

Outcome inevitable after Robbie Keane spurns his gift

19.11.09
Never mind Henry's dishonesty, you cannot afford to waste golden chances like the one Tottenham star threw away... more

Sicily, mi amore at Mennula

19.11.09
Mennula (apparently the word for almond in Sicilian dialect) is a great addition to the restaurants of Charlotte Street.... more

Brown gives up on Blair and seeks EU consolation prize

19.11.09
Video: Gordon Brown all but gives up on Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President and embarks on 'Plan B' to clinch top economic post for Britain... more

Qataris are billed £100m for Candys

18.11.09
The already high stakes in the battle between the former partners in the £3 billion redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site are set to get even higher ... more

Beirut is born-again

18.11.09
The 'Paris of the East', Beirut, has once again had to rise from the rubble of war. Its latest revival oozes glamour, with stylish hotels and trendy bars opening, as Claire Wrathall reports... more

Robbie Keane must light fuse if Irish are to reach their finals goal

18.11.09
Video: Republic of Ireland look to their captain for inspiration tonight as they bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit in France to reach next year’s World Cup... more

Drinkers treated to opera for £5

17.11.09
A pub theatre is offering opera for a fiver in an ambitious programme of grand-scale music in a bar-room setting.... more

Patrice Evra ready for another show of strength

16.11.09
Patrice Evra is taking nothing for granted as France attempt belatedly to book their place at next summer’s World Cup... more

Paris victory is a drain on Novak Djokovic

16.11.09
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over local favorite Gael Monfils to win the Paris Masters for the first time in his career... more

How romantic France fell for le grand divorce

13.11.09
Just what has happened to love's Gallic dream? Paris is traditionally associated with a view of love as deep and eternal as the Seine but this week it has been hosting France's first Divorce Fair... more

Try out a trench coat - you'll never regret it

10.11.09
Not sure if you need to wrap up or stay lightly dressed? Trench coats cover all bases, whether you're tall and leggy or a touch on the short side... more

Paris, the city of love - and divorce

09.11.09
Thousands of people dented Paris's reputation as the city of love as they flocked to the capital's first divorce fair... more

Sorry, Sarkozy - you won't entice me back to France

06.11.09
One disconcerting aspect of being among London's 300,000 French expats is hearing Nicolas Sarkozy constantly implore me to return home... more

Kiss of the Spiderwomen as Giles Deacon spins a web of fun

09.10.09
Showing in Paris for the first time after years as the star of London Fashion Week, Giles Deacon brought a much-needed injection of British humour... more

All Hail Olga Kurylenko

05.10.09
In her next film, Olga Kurylenko plays a pagan queen – a fitting role for an imperious beauty driven by hunger and poverty to escape her deprived childhood in Ukraine... more

Passengers flee as 25,000-volt cable snaps at St Pancras

24.09.09
Passengers disembarking a Eurostar train were forced to flee in terror as a live overhead cable fell inches from them... more

London looks to Paris for answer to dog fouling

08.09.09
The latest weapon in the battle against dog filth on the streets of a London borough has been unveiled... more

Brigitte Bardot caught on camera

03.09.09
Brigitte Bardot: The Original Paparazzi is a reminder of its subject's unforgettable beauty and natural sexiness.... more

How to turn the vampire squid into something cuddly

01.09.09
This has been one hell of a summer for Goldman Sachs. It turns in yet another record performance so 29,400 staff (5,500 of them in London), will receive average bonuses of £475,000 ... more

Discover the Marais: the fourth dimension of Paris

21.08.09
The Marais in the 4ème arrondissement is a chaotic cobbled enclave, worlds away from the chilly boulevards of 19th-century Paris. Gianluca Longo loses himself among the bourgeois bohemians... more

Paris is heading towards a driverless, strike-free and super-punctual metro. So why isn’t London interested?

17.08.09
Next year, the French capital’s equivalent of the Central line will be fully automated with no disruption to passengers... more

Mona Lisa in English breakfast tea attack

11.08.09
Woman was being held in Paris after attacking the Mona Lisa with a cup of English breakfast tea... more

Brussels sprouts wings

03.06.09
The city centre has been revamped, its bars and shops transformed, and the Magritte Museum has just opened: it's official - Brussels is suddenly hip... more

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