Why Disneyland Paris was almost built in Norfolk – and how wine saved it from ruin

Three decades can go by in a flash. Today (April 12) marks a precise 30 years since the opening of Disneyland Paris (disneylandparis.com) – the French-accented off-shoot…

How ‘dwarfist’ Snow White became Disney’s most problematic princess

The brothers did not invent the Snow White story. Variations on the tale have been traced as far afield as Scandinavia and Turkey – and most are…

10 Paris hotels for all budgets this spring

This spring promises to be an exciting time to visit Paris. After two years of lockdown and reopening, or what was known here as ‘confinement’ and ‘déconfinement’, …