The dimensions of Beijing and its minimalist architecture are alienating, and murals of China’s founding father, Mao Zedong, at odds with Prada stores, says Margaret Hickey.           

SUNWAY has expanded its winter programme by increasing accommodation in the destinations of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Morocco and Tunisia, and the company has added Turkey for Christmas and New Year.

FOR once Chris de Burgh had to stay in the shadows but he wasn’t complaining last night as he watched his beautiful daughter, Miss Ireland Rosanna Davidson, get a majestic send-off to the Miss World contest in China.