The Roads Now Taken (Summer Journey | The Pilgrim's Way)
A special report on what moves the Continent


Europe's Impossible Job (Europe | Politics)
The new E.U. President's job will be difficult — and thankless


Villain or Fall Guy? (Business | France)
Former Vivendi boss Messier is in hot water. But some say he's a symptom of much graver corporate ills


In Need Of Some Fresh Legs (Euro 2004)
It's back to the drawing board for European football's big guns


Is She the Next Nadia? (The Road To Athens | Gymnastics)
Romanian gymnast Catalina Ponor wants to be nothing less


Big Brother, Are You Watching? (Letter From Italy | Television)
Neapolitans are clamoring for a place in Grande Fratello, Italy's favorite house


Mandolin Overboard (Arts | Novels)
The latest de Bernières novel fails to soar


Tehran Flexes Its Muscles (Notebook | Iran)
The politics of all-too-familiar images from the Middle East

Welcome to Chechnya's Second Front (Notebook | Russia)
New conflict in Ingushetia shows the Chechen conflict is alive and deadly

Biz Watch
End of the 35-hour week; IPOs in Full Bloom; Telegraph scoop

Victory Garden (Summer Journey | Sissinghurst)
Sissinghurst encapsulates an idea of beauty that goes beyond the everyday

Taking It All in Stride (Summer Journey | Community)
Generations have found fun and friendship on hikes in the German countryside

Once Upon the Fairy-Tale Trail (Summer Journey | Sababurg Castle)

A Poppy for Private Wren (Summer Journey | Remembrance)
One woman's quest to honor an uncle killed on the Western Front in World War I

Cycling's Mountain Madonna (Summer Journey | Sanctuary)
At Lombardy's Madonna del Ghisallo chapel, Italy's bikers seek divine protection

Everyman's Odyssey (Summer Journey | Imagination)
James Joyce devotees on a Bloomsday trek through Dublin

Miuccia's Mecca (Summer Journey | Essay)
A passion for Prada

Steps Toward Heaven
Working up an appetite on Spain's 780-km pilgrim route

The Lure Of the Loire (Summer Journey | Sagas)
Towers of the tax men

Faith in Football (Summer Journey | Sacred Spaces)
Visiting the temples of football

Beating the Morning Rush (Summer Journey | Mont Blanc)
Stretching physical limits on Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe

Through The Door of No Return (Summer Journey | Coming Home)
The end point on a journey of self-discovery for thousands of descendants of African slaves

The Long Way Home
Terminally ill, Jane Tomlinson biked from Rome to Leeds to raise research funds, but she believes she was the real winner