One of the appeals of Menton on the French Riviera is the largest museum dedicated to the works of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), a famous French artist who died fifty years ago. Frederic exolores the museum and the three towns forever linked with his work
As we celebrate France on their national holiday we begin a week of stories on France starting with a brief introduction to each of the 22 French mainland regions and Corsica.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, then in the Soviet Union and now in Ukraine. CD-Traveller reported (CD-Traveller 28/12/2010) that there were going to be government sponsored tours. These have been popular but have now become even more so in the last month and, surprisingly, it is not just due to the anniversary.
What else can be behind this popularity?
According to the BBC, some 22,000 people visited the newly opened Chambers Street part of the National Museum of Scotland on Friday, its opening day. I was one.
I thought I was dreaming a minute ago. On BBC’s Breakfast, Michael O’Leary from Ryanair and Willie Walsh of the holding company that owns British Airways and Iberia were standing side-by-side having a go at the government about APD.
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