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Spain: A place in the shade

Dodging the tourist traps, Ewan McDonald discovers a very old new world just off the beaten track in Barcelona.

New surgical knife can instantly detect cancer

An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they've removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported.

Gay marriage: Britain, France in surprise contrast

Officials seeking stolen art find paint in ashes

Portugal: An emphasis on simplicity

Geoff Cumming samples the hearty peasant fare of Portugal.

Norway: Humanity - harsh and sweet

David Hill joins the trail of people who have gazed at or shrunk from a prolific Norwegian sculptor's work.

The world's top five aerial trams

Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, and sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves.

Italy: Bruno's in Positano is the place to eat

Fifty years ago, Bruno Amitrano opened a bar half-way up the hill from the tiny beach in the seaside resort of Positano. Seventeen years ago, his daughter Ornella and her husband Mario converted the bar into a restaurant.

Nuenen: In Vincent's footsteps

Liz Light follows the trail of a tortured artistic genius to a quaint Dutch village.

Germany: A taste of Kiwi in Berlin coffee

The German capital's eccentric eateries come with a dash of Kiwi in the shape of decent coffee, finds Eva Buzo.

Court cameras experiment 'failed'

Cameras 'swanning' around courtrooms in England will see judges 'heckled' the UK's top judge believes, citing NZ as a bad precedent.

Bar/fly: Basically one big pub crawl

Swan uppers on the Thames are very bespoke, and very thirsty, observes Kevin Pillay.