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the talker
London, Paris and Brussels from
the people in the know
the talker L'avis des connaisseurs
sur Londres, Paris et Bruxelles
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the walker
On the sunny streets of Brussels
the walker Promenade avec un
habitant de Bruxelles
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insider
People, places, openings,
events, things to see, things to do
insider Lieux, personnalités,
nouveautés à voir, à faire, à découvrir
37 Gourmet
What’s on, where’s new, restaurant
reviews in London, Paris and Brussels
Cuisine Les adresses à ne pas
manquer à Londres, Paris et Bruxelles
46 Tea with Thierry
The Frenchman in charge of
afternoon tea at Lord’s
L'heure du tea
Un Français sert le thé à Lord's, la
Mecque du cricket
53 Fashion
News, profi les, interviews, shopping
Mode
News, portraits, entretiens, shopping
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eurostar information
Connections, trivia, Culture Connect,
bar buffet menu and more
INFORMATION EUROSTAR
Correspondances, quizz, Culture
Connect, menu bar buffet et bien plus
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15 the talker
Koel de zomer door aan de Brusselse
waterkant en het verhaal van Four
Weddings en… nog meer Weddings
33 l'expat
Hercule Poirot tot leven gebracht
74 world press photo
De jaarlijkse tentoonstelling van de
beste fotojournalistiek ter wereld
90 de hangende tuinen
van patrick blanc
De Fransman brengt een verticale
jungle naar de grote stad
98 harrods: wat nu?
Een blik in de toekomst van dit
Londense instituut dat onlangs in
andere handen is overgegaan
117 op de fiets
Een proefrit op een van de nieuwe
huurfi etsen die de Londense burgemeester,
in navolging van de Parijse
Vélib', onlangs ten doop hield
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