COVER

The Roads Now Taken (Summer Journey | The Pilgrim's Way)

A special report on what moves the Continent

EUROPE

BUSINESS

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

FOOTBALL

OLYMPICS

Is She the Next Nadia? (The Road To Athens | Gymnastics)

Romanian gymnast Catalina Ponor wants to be nothing less

SOCIETY

BOOKS

BRIEFING

Biz Watch (Notebook)

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

SUMMER JOURNEY

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

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

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