Big bottles at wine auctions are not for drinking. They are for auctioning.

Marseille, named European City of Culture in 2013 and now part of the designated Valley of Gastronomy, is above all a Mediterranean city.

Wood floors made of mismatched planks pieced together, or those already painted, can be transformed with a good primer and paint for an attractive facelift.

Now, I can hear the sceptics muttering, but music doesn’t feel mathematical. It feels emotional.