Thomas Keneally:Children run on its concrete skirts under a blue sky (well, often it is blue), and do not need to be hushed. A building children can feel ownership of is more than a mere opera house.
Jorn Utzon's first interview after he resigned from the Sydney Opera House project and left Australia appeared in the Guardian in January 1970. By Katherine Brisbane.
European plane-maker insists the world's biggest passenger jet is only 18 months behind schedule as it hands over the first aircraft to Singapore Airlines at a ceremony in Toulouse. By David Gow.
From chopstick etiquette in China to raising a toast in Russia, Mark McCrumoffers his top tips to avoid social embarrassment - and stay in one piece - when travelling abroad.
European plane-maker Airbus yesterday rebutted reports that its flagship A380 superjumbo was suffering further production delays as it handed over the first aircraft to Singapore Airlines at a ceremony in Toulouse.
Swap big mainstream resorts for a stylish, more individual skiing holiday lower down the mountain. Chris Madiganpicks 10 of the best valley-based places to stay.
An investigation was launched last night into how two planes collided on the runway at Heathrow airport. No one sustained serious injuries in the incident, but all passengers on the aircraft were evacuated and transported to the terminal building where they had to board alternative flights.
Acclaimed photographer and anthropologist Martin Gray has spent the last 20 years on a pilgrimage photographing and exploring more than 1,000 sacred sites in 80 countries. What follows is a selection from his new book, Sacred Earth.
The conquest of Everest in 1953 was the crowning glory of mountaineering - but in the years before that epic climb, many other attempts had ended in failure. These extracts from a new book of Guardian writing recall some of those heroic struggles, and the final success.
