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Other lives: Former Essex policeman turned puppeteer, who introduced Punch and Judy shows to his adopted home of Finland

Alvar Aalto defined midcentury – and Finnish – architecture like no other, creating his own, distinctive brand of gentle modernism; honouring him, we compiled the ultimate guide

With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful

The training doesn’t stop at the gun range

At a popular meeting spot for substance abusers near central Helsinki, even the addicts warn that Finland has a spiralling drug problem, particularly among young people.

The story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk album that invented Guns N’ Roses

Finland remains on my bucket list of places to go, albiet for some particularly "me" reasons. See, as much as Finland is gorgeous, full of hospitable people, caribou I'd love to hunt, and the Northern Lights, if you want to learn any sort of motorsport, really learn it, you go to…

Pedro Martinez Losa's Scotland side sit at the half-way stage of their European Championship play-off final with Finland the happier of the two…

Scotland struggled to produce chances against old rivals Finland in 0-0 draw and must win second leg in Helsinki on Tuesday to make the Euros