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Sgraffito craftsmanship.

This country’s version of graffiti is much more beautiful than Italy’s

Sgraffito is part of an art form dating back 500 years.

  • Sue Wallace

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Switzerland’s largest art museum, the Kunsthaus, feeds the soul.

Forget France and Italy: Where to see masterpieces without the queues

The Tate Modern is packed, the Prado is heaving and there’s no way around the lines at the Louvre. But I won’t despair as I’ve a crowd-free alternative.

  • Anabel Dean
US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he was ready to make a deal to end the war.

Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price

Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • Michael Koziol
Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet.

The search for van Gogh’s lost masterpiece

Cast off by the Nazis but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor – made just before van Gogh’s suicide – has not been seen in 34 years.

  • Michael Forsythe, Graham Bowley and Elisabetta Povoledo
Women make up as much as 80 per cent of all solo travellers.

What I learnt travelling solo in the world’s safest country for women

There’s been a 56 per cent increase in Google searches for “solo holidays” since 2020. In particular, more women are travelling alone.

  • Sarah Baxter
Sydney couple, Anjelika Elliott holds her husband Dr John Elliott’s hands as he attempts to rise from his hotel room bed in Zurich 26 hours before going to the Dignitas clinic where he ended his life in 2007.

The legal status of assisted dying around the world

A number of countries have recently passed or introduced laws to permit a form of euthanasia for people who meet certain criteria. Here’s a list.

  • Sarah Young
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The controversial ads displayed at a Tube station in London.

Controversial Tube ads spark outrage as right to die debate divides Britain

British MPs are to debate a bill which would legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults. A decade after a similar bill was overwhelmingly rejected, the result appears to be on a knife’s edge.

  • Rob Harris
Switzerland Lake Geneva Montreux Freddie Mercury tour.

Freddie Mercury loved this town so much, Queen bought the local studio

It’s a genteel Swiss lakeside resort, but this city was home for the flamboyant British singer.

  • Tim Richards
Mont Blanc up close.

This famous Europe trek can be easier – and more pleasurable

For those short on time or stamina, there’s an easier way to enjoy the best bits of the Tour du Mont Blanc hiking route.

  • Rob McFarland
Mustair Valley in Switzerland’s Lower Engadine region.

The secret Swiss valley only locals know about

Near the Italian and Austrian borders, there is an exquisite region Australians have yet to discover.

  • Justine Costigan

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