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We wanted to pack a lot into our few days in Paris: Inventing Impressionism at the Musée d’Orsay (until 14 July), and, for my techie husband, the new Maison Poincaré maths museum near the Sorbonne (monoglot polymaths can relax: it’s bilingual). We’d been too late to book for Serge Gainsbourg’s …

Gustave Eiffel, who died 100 years ago today, is best known for Paris’s most famous landmark, the tower that bears his name. But over a long and prolific career, the Dijon-born civil engineer also built dams, bridges and lighthouses as far afield as Russia, Senegal, Vietnam and Brazil. He worked …

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Without his guitar but with goggles and a cap, popstar Cody Simpson struck a chord when he swept a state title with a swift time in Brisbane on Monday night, prompting talk of his Olympic Games pursuit being alive and well. It’s left many wondering just how much of a …

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I know I’ve featured this beautiful candle before but much like Jo Malone Pine & Eucalyptus, it really does sum up Christmas in the most perfect olfactory way. Goutal Paris Le Foret D’Or Candle In other words, it’s a classic. Especially since I got an artificial tree I like …

  Paris Hilton has left her fans surprised after announcing she is now a proud mother of two beautiful children     The American media personality and businesswoman, 42, shared the happy news on Thanksgiving day by posting a pink baby outfit with the name ‘London’ before revealing the gender and …

The opening of a new hotel, a new gallery and two compelling exhibitions in two of my favourite galleries made a pre-Christmas Eurostar dash to Paris irresistible. The draw of the 91-room Bloom House Hotel & Spa, which opened in September (new beds, new everything equals no bedbugs!), is that …

The office of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is denying that he sent the House home early a week before a government shutdown so that he could go to a right-wing conference in Paris. The New Republic reported: Johnson’s early dismissal on Thursday may have …

Gold medallist Jess Fox will return to the Olympics arena to defend her crown after she was selected as Australia’s representative in the canoe slalom for Paris 2024. Fox won gold in the inaugural C1 event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and claimed bronze in the K1 classification. The …

Two goals from Rasheedat Ajibade and a goal each from Uchenna Kanu and Asisat Oshoala, earned Nigeria’s Super Falcons a 4-0 win against Ethiopia in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games second round qualifiers on Tuesday, October 31 in Abuja.   The Falcons picked the third round ticket 5-1 on aggregate …