Istanbul in five places

Brutalist memorials, Roman ruins and French cafe culture — for a captivating weekend break with year-round sunshine, look to the Algerian capital

Woman&home columnist Kathy Lette finds a new perspective on the ancient while cruising through the Mediterranean

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Interior designer Stephanie Barba Mendoza explains why Austria’s capital has won her heart

This column is condensed from a stiffer academic one (Byzantion 51, 1981, pp8-21) intended to amplify and correct a paper on the same subject by Constance Head (Byzantion 50, 1980, pp336-40). Alongsid

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