Paris

During my Paris stay, a visit to Le Café Sélect was high on my to do list after reading Paris Café: The Sélect Crowd by Noël Riley Fitch. The accompanying drawings by Rick Tulka...

The iconic music hall with host a special tribute to the jazz legend.

The Boulevard Haussmann is the beating heart of Parisian shopping, but who is the man behind the name of this prestigious address? Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann is responsible for much of the transformation of Paris from...

The enduring love of old-fashioned, traditional Paris bistrots is a delicious rebuke to a novelty-oriented and media-driven international food culture that's increasingly dominated by the hearsay of the internet.

The four-star Hotel California was built in 1925 and is situated a few minutes walk from the luxury boutiques of the Champs-Élysées on the rue de Berri. The metro station George V on Line...

In 1935, when La Poule au Pot opened in a side street near Les Halles, the French capital’s main food market, a vast, heaving complex of glass-and-cast-iron pavilions, was just down the street (it...

They published some of the greatest literary giants of 1920s Paris, held riotous parties, smoked opium and flouted just about every convention of society during the eight years of their open marriage. They travelled...

Take off to the Grand Palais which stages The Conquest of the Air, a brand new,high-tech spectacle dedicated to flight. It’s a return to the monumental venue’s roots because a century ago it hosted the...

Retooling an established restaurant with a crowd of devoted regulars is a challenge for any restaurateur, but this was especially true when it came to Apicius, a favourite power table of corporate and political...

This ancient Parisian faubourg was at the heart of the City of Light’s metalworking industry during the early to mid 19th century, but today there’s barely a hint of the neighbourhood’s industrial past. Nestled...