Two men held over Sandringham body
Tuesday 01 May 2012
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager whose body was found on the Queen's Sandringham estate.
In former Communist states, populations are shrinking fast
Sunday 01 April 2012
Wave of panic cash withdrawals sweeps Latvia after false rumours of Swedbank bankruptcy hit social networks
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Latvia was yesterday struggling to control a mass wave of panic cash withdrawals from the country’s biggest bank, Swedbank, following a rash of false social media network rumours which claimed that the Swedish-owned lending group was going bankrupt.
Warnock furious over league's goalkeeper snub
Monday 28 November 2011
Norwich City 2 Queens Park Rangers 1
Caviar back on the menu – in an ethical way
Sunday 27 November 2011
Sales are rising thanks to the discovery of a kinder – and sustainable – method of harvesting the fish roe
Deals of the week: Riga, Venice, Maldives
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Riga retreat
From Art Nouveau edifices to Soviet history, the Latvian capital makes for a tantalising trip. Amble through picturesque parklands or aim for the vast Central Market – a quartet of harbourside hangars selling all manner of goods and curiosities. Cities Direct has three nights' B&B at the Monika Centrum Hotel, located close to the Old Town's attractions, for £179 per person. The deal includes Ryanair flights from Stansted on Sunday 4 December. citiesdirect.co.uk
48 Hours: Riga
Saturday 12 November 2011
Latvia's handsome capital embraces the onset of winter with festivities and a warm welcome for visitors. Simon Calder reports
Latvia: At liberty in the Baltic
Saturday 20 August 2011
Trail of the unexpected: A spa break in Latvia
Saturday 21 May 2011
Remembrance Day, Royal Court Theatre, London
Friday 25 March 2011
Watching Aleksey Scherbak's extraordinarily powerful Remembrance Day, I kept thinking how deeply both Mikhail Bulgakov and Sean O'Casey would have appreciated its human and artistic qualities. Scherbak, like them, has the gift of showing how appalling tragedy and hapless comedy restively malinger in a perpetual, untidy coexistence, especially in societies that are corrosively divided.
In pictures: The Siege of Sidney Street
Wednesday 15 December 2010
An exhibition of artefacts and photographs from the notorious ‘Siege of Sidney Street,’ a gun fight between police and burglars which took place on 2nd January 1911, goes on show at the Museum of London Docklands on Saturday.
Ian Holloway: We all went off to Latvia and played terribly
Sunday 05 September 2010
When the sun shines, the Baltics come into their own
Sunday 15 August 2010
Partner quizzed over stab death of woman
Friday 30 July 2010
The partner of a woman found stabbed to death in her home was being questioned on suspicion of murder today.








