The Salford actor on Cornelia Parker’s art, Palestinian theatre and the spirit of punk as revived by the Sleaford Mods
April 2012
Ryanair hit by new EU inquiry
Budget airline faces European commission investigation of its arrangements with Carcassonne airport in southern France
April 2010
Carcassonne: where history is all around
Novelist Kate Mosse finds echoes of the past in everything from soaring city walls to the workaday contents of a granny's attic
February 2008
The fin de semaine
These elegant apartments in Carcassone provides a base for a short break in southwest France where the main danger is overindulgence on local cassoulet
February 2007
Classic Carcassonne
A classy but affordable B&B in a sleepy village in the south of France. Does such a thing exist? Yes.
November 2006
Hôtel de la Cité, Carcassonne
Johnny Depp liked it, Jacques Chirac thought it 'excellent', and Walt Disney was inspired by it. Vicky Baker checks into a fairytale come true.
October 2005
L'Abbaye road
The Languedoc is within easy distance of the airports at both Carcassonne and Toulouse, and perfectly placed for weekending skiers and bon viveurs alike.
August 2005
Tales of the cité
Medieval Carcassonne is the backdrop for Kate Mosse's new novel. She explains how the city inspires her and picks her highlights.
July 1999
What's up d'Oc?
In the lead up to the last millennium, Languedoc was Europe's centre of art, chivalry, courtly love and dangerous heresy. Murray Armstrong finds out what, if anything, has changed
