For Finns, the sauna is sacred. “It’s where children were baptized, and the dead washed for burial,” Alexander Lembke, our ...

As a long-established tour operator, Mark Warner has featured many different resorts over the years but has now settled on Tignes Val Claret in France. This is one of the best places to ski in the ...

From the careful preparation of her reeds to long rehearsals, bassoonist Eleni Katz shares a glimpse of her musical journey. Born to a family of artists ...

After his parents died in a plane crash, the activity he feared most ended up being the one that healed him.

A family leaves behind the trappings of the 21st century to lead a simple, self-sufficient and pious life in rural Tasmania.

EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius has called Europe a “sleeping giant” on defence, urging the bloc to wake up and act as a unified military power rather than 27 fragmented forces.

Teams & Riders 'I am very disappointed' – No more cyclo-cross battles with Mathieu van der Poel as Wout van Aert to undergo surgery after crash in Mol Racing Exact Cross: Niels Vandeputte takes over ...

At Syongila, the crossroads of Embu and Machakos in Kitui County, a quiet scene unfolded that reveals more about corruption in Kenya than a thousand speeches. Our neighbour, Hamisi Muthengi, from ...

It’s sometimes hard to take in just how much the world has changed. This week will have helped, though. Two speeches, and one widely shared ancient Greek aphorism, summarised the end of the old world ...

A converted double-decker London bus serving kebabs, wraps and burgers is proving just the ticket with hungry customers. Shen Sen is the driving force behind the new venture, located in the car park ...

With conflict averted for now, European leaders will be tempted to retreat to their comfort zone of cowardice. But the next crisis will soon be here Donald Trump’s climbdown, after days of escalation ...