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Louboutins hang in hoops in the stairwell of the Design Museum

Exhibition Review: Christian Louboutin @ The Design Museum

Step up for a show of sexy shoes in Shad Thames

All aboard the Eurostar

In Pictures: Gigs – Big Busk

Winners of last year’s Rhythm of London played London and Paris. Next year it could be you…

The Shard at night

Shard Luck: Paris To Build Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper

To add insult to injury, the architect is British…

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Mayoral Election: How Does London Fare In Fares?

We compared tube fares with those of other cities.

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In Pictures: Taking Boris Bikes to Paris

Find out what happened when two London bloggers took Boris Bikes for a day out to Paris.

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Paris Woos HSBC Over Office Move

Ooh lala! HSBC in meetings with French officials over domicile.

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London To Paris: The Green Way

High-speed link it definitely isn’t, but if you have three or four days to spare, a sturdy pair of calf muscles and a yen to visit Paris the greenest way, then the promised Avenue Verte, or Green Avenue may – eventually – be right up your street.

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Preview: Colette @ KK Outlet

If you can’t escape to sunnier climes this summer, then take heart in the prospect that Shoreditch’s KK Outlet will bring the mountain to the proverbially named bear from tomorrow, by transplanting Paris’ legendarily cult store Colette to the ‘ditch in a grown up, commercial …

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Another Breakdown On Eurostar

A Eurostar train running from Paris to London broke down last night at around 10pm near Ashford. The company said the locomotive had suffered a “major technical failure” (presumably one more complex than the frozen air intakes that knocked out most services in December). Fortunately …

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Government Minister Lays Into Eurostar

Europe minister Chris Bryant has used Twitter, fast becoming a tool of the irked and the wronged, to launch a volley of invective against Eurostar. Ensnared for the second day in a row by trouble on the line, Bryant fumed that he is “rapidly developing …

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Sarko Hatches Plan For French London MP

Petit Nicholas Sarkosy Plus ça change! In 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy came to London just before the people swept him to the French Presidency. He trumpeted the capital as “one of the great French cities”. Remember? As he turned and left our city he was the …