Blue shirts are out as Richard 'Vladimir' Bruton sets tone for men’s autumn fashion

Frank McNally on a fashion for sticks, fear of statues and the craze of politicians taking shirts off

Dimly lit interior? Frank McNally on the notion that midlanders may be below sea-level, in more ways than one

The Full Monte – Frank McNally on tackling a 1,100-page classic of lockdown reading

Welcome to my place . . . Marseille

‘It’s no surprise the revolutionary song adopted as France’s national anthem is the Marseillaise’

Weekend in Marseille doesn’t disappoint lone traveller

There’s a new energy to France’s second city with its lively port and funky artistic quarters