Paris

Great Escapes

Belfast and Paris

1 Oct 2008

Fancy a trip away but haven’t got much time or money? Not to worry, we have two fantastic holidays away from Scotland costing a meagre £50. Ben Connor and Eileen Heuston make a break for it to discover the charms of Belfast and Paris.

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28 Oct 2011

Get on the farm Forget Carry on Camping, the crew at Comrie Croft in Perthshire know how to do camping in style, with this eco-friendly farmstead conversion. Located in Crieff, surrounded by gorgeous vistas, bring in the bells around a campfire…

Michael Jackson's children pay tribute at Michael Forever

Music Gossip

10 Oct 2011

Michael Jackson's children paid tribute to their father at the Michael Forever concert in Wales on Saturday (08.10.11). Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, nine, helped host and introduce members of the 'Beat It' singer's family and pop stars from…

Arcade Fire's near death experience

Music Gossip

1 Jul 2011

Arcade Fire once nearly died on stage. The Canadian group - who played their biggest ever UK gig in Hyde Park last night (30.06.11) - had a terrifying experience when they performed during a Paris thunderstorm last summer. Speaking to Absolute…

Paris

17 Jul 2008

DRAMA (15) 130min Having explored Barcelona in Pot Luck and St Petersburg and London in Russian Dolls, writer/director Cedric Klapisch comes back to the French capital with this sentimental ‘choral’ drama. Romain Duris, Klapisch’s perennial…

City Beaches

10 Apr 2008

The busy beach and Old Port at Barceloneta (head to the bottom of La Rambla and keep walking past Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Barcelona Head’) is one more reason to fall for Barcelona, although it’s not the only city where visitors can find sand and surf within…

Glasgow gets more stylish

10 Apr 2008

Research shows perceptions of the city are on the up Research commissioned by the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau suggests that perceptions of the city among the UK’s ‘style set’ have significantly improved over the last two years. Glasgow came…

Flight of the Red Balloon

13 Mar 2008

DRAMA (PG) 113min Taiwanese New Wave cinema pioneer Hou Hsiao-hsien makes his French language debut with this eloquent drama loosely inspired by Albert Lamorisse’s much-loved 1956 short, The Red Balloon. Taking as its starting point that film’s…