French President Emmanuel Macron gives a national address after widespread disorder and as some looting continued in Paris.

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France's second city saw some of the worst violence as chaos gripped the country on Saturday.

Across the Atlantic, Black Britons are celebrating Black History Month. A Black British writer has listed changemakers who helped shape Black British culture, drive systemic progress, and redefine ...

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The history of 24 hour rotating bezels extends beyond the watches commonly associated with Rolex. Explore the origins of this ...

Looking for something you can finish in a night and still sleep with the lights on after is a whole mood for spooky season.

During the last 45 years, the Muslim community has set up a vast number of schools, colleges and institutions throughout the ...

THE old saying goes, “when you are in a hole, stop digging”. It is generally accepted that the Scottish Government are ...

Music: new platforms, familiar challengesThe musical landscape this quarter felt like a tug-of-war between institutional ...

Lyrical lines printed on side of city’s fleet of rubbish trucks now recognised as one of Netherlands’ proud traditions ...

This year’s art fair is a jumble sale of mediocre paintings for the super-rich, while its Masters sibling hawks dinosaur skulls and plundered artefacts. Welcome to the art market as its most grotesque ...