Jon Sopel
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Bienvenue à Pondicherry, the Indian town where you'll find plenty of joie de vivre
Je voudrais une baguette, deux croissants et trois cafés crème. Of all the sentences you expect to utter when you get to India, this really isn't one of them. But there I was in the bakery - sorry, boulangerie - at Pondicherry and standing across the counter from me were...
Je voudrais une baguette, deux croissants et trois cafés crème. Of all the sentences you expect to utter when you get to India, this really isn't one of them. But there I was in the bakery - sorry, boulangerie - at Pondicherry and standing across the counter from me were...
The mild bunch: A gang of fifty-somethings rev up their Harleys and hit the West Coast
It was an idea that, let's face it, had little chance of ever getting off the centre stand.
It was an idea that, let's face it, had little chance of ever getting off the centre stand.
Skipping breakfast saved my hip: BBC reporter Jon Sopel on the day disaster struck
BBC political reporter Jon Sopel was about to cover the biggest story of his career when disaster struck. Here he tells why he considers himself lucky – even though he had to have major surgery.
BBC political reporter Jon Sopel was about to cover the biggest story of his career when disaster struck. Here he tells why he considers himself lucky – even though he had to have major surgery.
Unspoiled Italy: The perfect family holiday in unrivalled Umbria (exam worries aside)
When the electronic gates opened and we went up the steep, dusty drive with cypress trees on either side, as though acting as an honour guard for our arrival, the Umbrian villa of our winter dreams was at last within touching distance, the pool feet away.
When the electronic gates opened and we went up the steep, dusty drive with cypress trees on either side, as though acting as an honour guard for our arrival, the Umbrian villa of our winter dreams was at last within touching distance, the pool feet away.
Tv's Thrilling Election Ride
WHAT happens on a rollercoaster ride? Well, you go soaring up, plummet down with your stomach in your mouth, you take corners that hurl vital organs against your ribcage, before you come down the last hideous descent and halt in the same place you started. So it is with Election 2010.
WHAT happens on a rollercoaster ride? Well, you go soaring up, plummet down with your stomach in your mouth, you take corners that hurl vital organs against your ribcage, before you come down the last hideous descent and halt in the same place you started. So it is with Election 2010.