Short City Break

A prestigious Renoir exhibition at the Palais, bringing together a stunning collection of works from the latter period of his career, ends on 22 December. Complemented by works from Picasso, Matisse and others, the show invites visitors to discover a less well-known oeuvre by Renoir, a body of work reflecting a softer, more modern approach [...]

On 13 December in Sweden, thousands of young girls dress in white gowns, hold candles and wear crowns of electric candles on their heads. In this famous procession, a chosen ‘Lucia’ leads a group of maidens in handing out saffron buns and ginger biscuits to the crowds. Soak up the festivities in Stockholm, Sweden’s vibrant [...]

Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov (world champion 1975–84) has just opened a chess school in Rabat. Hoping his efforts will pawn a future Moroccan world champion, Karpov over-rooked a three-day training course for 24 young Moroccans, at this, his first chess school in Africa. Go and make some new checkmates, or [...]