Gothic edifice that has inspired writers and scientists alike has just undergone a restoration

It could be the unusual weather, disease, or both, but something is laying waste to Gallic fisheries

When asked why he robbed banks, the legendary American criminal Willie Sutton replied: “Because that’s where the money is?”

Four years ago The Independent website published 300 images of British and Commonwealth soldiers from World War One taken from old glass photographic plates found in barns and rubbish skips in the Somme. In 2010, we published another batch of 50.

The Carlton Hotel was a setting for Alfred Hitchcocks’s 1955 movie 'To Catch a Thief'

The Carlton Hotel was a setting for Alfred Hitchcocks’s 1955 movie 'To Catch a Thief'

Authorities have said the robbery took place in broad daylight at the Carlton Hotel on the promenade in Cannes

In the first three, they simply seem to be military comrades – but the fourth hints at a more exciting relationship. John Lichfield turns detective to tell a First World War love story

French court decides the 64-year-old must stand trial despite prosecutors saying there is not enough evidence