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COSTA POSHER 

LONG before the Costa Brava became synonymous with fish'n'chips and lager, this naturally beautiful stretch of coastline provided a bolt-hole...

Power of Hope, The 

President Obama's determination to do "whatever it takes" to rebuild the economy appears to be paying off. But it is his actions across the whole...

THE MANE ATTRACTION 

THE glitzy Cote d'Azur seemed a thousand miles away as we threaded our way through the expanse of wild grasslands and lagoons that is the...

BEAUTY IN THE BACK OF BEYOND 

EVER stared at those iconic images of lavender fields in Provence - geometrically curving lines of vivid colour interspersed by sunbaked...

A drop in the ocean 

A-listers love the tiny island Anguilla for its empty shores and laid-back beach shacks and, says Jonathan Gregson, you don't need a star's...

Eastern Promise? 

As the global economy continues to struggle, many are hoping China and India will save the world from a synchronized dive into recession. As the...

Peace of history 

NEXT Tuesday it will be 90 years since the Armistice bringing an end to the First World War was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of...

Power Play 

Russia's recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia. Ethnic Russians...

Lose yourself in Catalan country 

FIVE years ago we bought a holiday home in the southernmost corner of France.

Not in Provence, which is too pricey now, but down...

RUSSIA GAMBIT SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO WEST 

GEORGIA Few in the oil industry doubt that the RussiaGeorgia conflict is as much about tightening the squeeze on oil and gas supply to the West...