Boutique hotels have been popping up in its historic neighbourhoods, the Old Port has received a makeover and the Lachine Canal has been spruced up and reopened for summer pleasure-boating.Set on an island in the mighty St Lawrence River, the city is a vibrant blend of North American and European styles with high-rise buildings, a [...]

The Ch?e d’Or is phenomenally expensive but the Ch?au Eza is very similar but cheaper I had the most amazing seven-course set lunch there. Our room had a huge bay window, which was cantilevered over Lake Pichola. It was so beautiful.Favourite walk/swim/ride/drive?I love walking the South West Coast Path – I’d like to explore it [...]

He hadn’t grown any red beetroot so I had to buy it elsewhere. The taste of the white and candy beets left the red – which I later discovered was Dutch – standing. It certainly showed how our farmers are getting on top of their game. Have this as a starter, a side salad or [...]

We knew the oil price was threatening to push inflation up in early May when equities peaked. We know that we are in a strong growth phase for the world economy but a phase that is now mature and one that is showing strains. The markets react – or not.
Those of us who try to [...]

Almost the entire non-Bollor?hareholding voted against the two nominees M. Bollor?as defeated only because of an unusually high turnout in the voting, with 76 per cent of Aegis shares being cast.Anticipating failure, M. Bollor? two nominees to the Aegis board, Philippe Germond and Roger Hatchuel, had 58 per cent of the votes cast against them, [...]

We found the baby trying to suckle his mother.”The 65-bed Medina hospital had to cope with more than 200 casualties a day during the last phase of the conflict. “There was one poor woman who had been trapped in her home for 15 days by the bombing. “We had to act, there were some terrible [...]

Malcolm Speed ushered in his new role as chief executive of the International Cricket Council by promising a clampdown on players’ behaviour with stringent new penalties to act as a deterrent. Malcolm Speed ushered in his new role as chief executive of the International Cricket Council by promising a clampdown on players’ behaviour with stringent [...]

Daly’s tantrums caused fellow pros to turn away in embarrassment.When Daly is announced on the first tee at Lytham today it will be almost 10 months since he last tasted alcohol. But since the Open victory six years ago, Daly hasn’t won, his best finish coming in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond last week [...]

The C word – Carnoustie – was flicked away without a frown and when someone addressed him as Tiger he merely smiled, albeit rather wistfully He was asked if a rising wind would help Woods. “It all depends how he plays; if he plays well, he can win anywhere,” Garcia said.Soon enough, he was immersed [...]

The problem occurred when BA upgraded the bookings system.A spokeswoman for BA conceded that a weakening US economy and foot-and-mouth disease would also affect business in April and May.The spokeswoman added, however, that the March figures showed that BA’s strategy of focusing on premium traffic was paying off.Club World, its business class, improved over a [...]