Willy's great-grandfather, Titus, had founded the firm, and as it expanded his sons built more mills; some in Lancashire over the Pennines. They opened a large office in Bradford from which they ran their growing empire...

On the shady Achrafieh side street of Comme des Garcons is an old house-cum-chic clothing boutique. Pleasantly aged and inviting in the afternoon sunlight, it's a fitting, if ironic, venue for the mysterious and engaging photographs of Gregory Buchakjian's exhibition

Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine underwent head surgery overnight at a French hospital and remains in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage, an embassy official said Wednesday. Arab cinema's most celebrated director, the 82-year-old Chahine had a sudbural hematoma removed