9 March 2010, 6:37 am
THE Entente Cordiale is strained at times, but one man has no doubt about the strength of Anglo-Gallic relations.... Read More »
6 March 2010, 12:31 am
Sensitive development is turning Klosters and Davos into the most fashionable resorts in the Alps.... Read More »
1 March 2010, 10:29 am
Rescue workers in France searched along the country's Atlantic shore for survivors on Monday after a storm smashed sea walls, damaged homes and killed at least 62 people across western Europe.... Read More »
28 February 2010, 7:48 pm
Is British ski racing about to fall off the Olympic radar?... Read More »
26 February 2010, 3:28 am
The first day of spring is March 20, but Hollywood knows no season. That's why a spring movie preview begins now, because movie people have trained us that when 'Iron Man 2' opens on May 7, that must be ...... Read More »
25 February 2010, 10:00 pm
Occupation: Retired — more or less — from Bassmier's Fireplace, Patios & SpasFamily: Married for 40 years to Diane (Hughes) Bassmier. We have two boys, James, 33, and Jeff, 26.Brief Bio: First two years of high school were at Rex Mundi. I left Rex Mundi at the end of my sophomore year for reason... Read More »
25 February 2010, 8:59 am
Ask any skier or boarder whether they prefer a summer or winter holiday and, nine times out of 10, they’ll say you can’t beat a winter holiday. Being an avid skier myself, this year I took my wife and two kids to a village in the French Alps called La Clusaz. We had previously stayed in hotels o... Read More »
24 February 2010, 3:47 am
Greeks blame EU as strike paralyses public sector... Read More »
19 February 2010, 4:24 pm
There is no shortage of examples of ski resorts inspired by a single individual. The first and still one of the foremost US resorts owes its existence to Averell Harriman, chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1935 he charged a character called Count Felix Schaffgotsch with the task of finding ... Read More »
16 February 2010, 1:54 am
When Nadjib Sirat laces up his climbing boots to become the first Afghan to scale the world's highest mountain, he will be driven by passion, not by the politics of his blighted homeland.... Read More »
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