Wedded friendships

Spiritual same-sex friendships have been celebrated in the history of the Church with rites that gave them a standing akin to marriage. That is the belief of an ecclesiastical historian and honorary research fellow of Birkbeck College in the University of London, who here presents some of the evidence for his view....

Eastern Europe's royalty in waiting

Does the return to power of Bulgaria's king in parliamentary elections mean that Europe's deposed royal houses could enjoy a resurgence? Our Warsaw correspondent does not rule it out....

The map on the station wall

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Lemmings en vacances

At this time of the year France goes on holiday - on the same day. It is like the migration of lemmings, says our Paris correspondent. The English have no justification in feeling superior, since it was they who invented the French Riviera....

A tale of two roads

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