NATALIE POSNER finds out why they named New York twice...

As the 50th anniversary of the first Beatles gig in the city approaches BRIAN PEDLEY traces the musical roots of the then not-so-fab five

Cheryl Cole is now back on her feet after suffering from malaria. As she jets to the US, she shares some of her travel tips and ideas

SOME places are famous for attracting hordes of party people every year, while others hide their disco lights under a bushel says ELLA BUCHAN

LIKE any appropriate setting for a tense thriller, Stockholm, Sweden is a bustling metropolis with a dark underbelly says JESSICA MELLOR

THE wrinkly-faced woman with the squinting eyes considered me for a while before thrusting out a hand says MARIANNA PARTASIDES

LIZZIE CATT is won over by the Czech capital’s beauty, style and love of the bizarre

With its colonial history, open spaces and street art, the old capital, Philadelphia, is far from an average American city, says ANDY MOSSACK

As Stockholm, Sweden puts on the glitz today to celebrate the marriage of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling, JANE MEMMLER visits Sweden's capital

ANDREW EAMES's guide to succeeding in that most elusive of family endeavours, a harmonious getaway with teenagers from San Francisco to Nairobi