World shares advanced overnight amid expectations a deal on Greece's second financial rescue was imminent and that China was moving to increase liquidity at its banks.

Sarah Payne knows exactly where her best friend, Jane Bishop, made the fateful decision...

Legend has it that the 3000-year-old fortress of Mycenae - site of the romance between Helen and Paris - was founded by the hero Perseus and that he hired the Cyclops, the awful one-eyed giants, to build it.

Dynastic infighting left its mark at ancient Mycenae. Today, the brooding mood remains, writes Jim Eagles.

Europe's leaders are being taught lessons that they refuse to learn.

Loose-lipped fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld insults British singer Adele, dubbing her "a little too fat."

Britain's historic Blenheim Palace is the ideal setting for a medieval jousting tournament, writes Jim Eagles.

Medieval jousting tournaments are regularly throughout the year at this most imperial place.

Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens are the attractive surroundings for a weekend that celebrates top-quality food and drink.

Dartmoor's residents are preparing for an invasion of tourists this year after the national park became a backdrop for several scenes in War Horse.

New Zealand may have just had its lowest road toll in six decades, but our drivers are just as rude and reckless as ever, visitors say. The average car-bound Kiwi has been described as "impatient" and "not very courteous."

Buddy Mikaere imagines a Waitangi Day that will mean something special to all New Zealanders.

The PM has dismissed accusations of cronyism in the Govt's choice of appointments to boards and working groups.

It sounded like a cool marketing move by BMW: paying to have the name of its Mini Cooper Roadster associated with the cold snap engulfing Europe.