This quirky new luxury Paris hotel is way cooler than its name implies

This quirky new luxury Paris hotel is way cooler than its name implies

Stylish and sophisticated yet relaxed and unpretentious,the boutique Hotel Norman could be a model for a cooler,more welcoming post-Olympics Paris.

  • byAnthony Dennis

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Marine Le Pen and her party face court over fake EU jobs scandal

Marine Le Pen and her party face court over fake EU jobs scandal

As well as a maximum 10-year prison term and $1.6 million fine,the misuse of public funds also carries a potential five-year ban from public office.

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Away from the tourist hordes,this might be Europe’s best swimming spot

Away from the tourist hordes,this might be Europe’s best swimming spot

The Mediterranean has no shortage of beautiful locations,but this 20-kilometre coastline on France’s Cote Bleue is different.

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France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero

France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero

Many call her “Gisele” as if they know her personally. In her chic image,they see themselves,their mothers,their grandmothers.

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Top chef Guillaume Brahimi’s secrets to finding great food in France

When in France,think local when it comes to food. But if you’ve got a taste for travel,venture further than a Parisian would.

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Gisele’s 80 rapists were monstrous,but not monsters. They were ordinary men
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Gisele’s 80 rapists were monstrous,but not monsters. They were ordinary men

The victim,however,was extraordinary in her courage. She made her name public so the “shame” would rest with her abusers.

  • byJulia Baird
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‘Climate breakdown’:State of calamity in Portugal as fires rage out of control

An anticyclone combined with high temperatures has created “a cocktail of dangerous conditions” north of Lisbon. More than 15,000 hectares have been scorched.

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‘Canny manipulator’:Pelicot blames mass rape of wife on addiction

‘Canny manipulator’:Pelicot blames mass rape of wife on addiction

The 71-year-old said he took full responsibility for his depraved crimes all meticulously filmed and stored on a computer hard drive under a file called “Abuse”.

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‘I am a rapist’:Frenchman accused of wife’s mass rape confesses in court
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‘I am a rapist’:Frenchman accused of wife’s mass rape confesses in court

Prosecutors say Dominique Pelicot offered sex with his wife,Gisele Pelicot,on a website and filmed the abuse over several years.

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When celebrities get touchy

And common sense takes flight.