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‘The Gay Girl from Gaul’ had a brief, traumatic – and wet – experience of stardom

The programme has become a surpassingly saccharine exercise in shining up the superficialities of celebrity

In Britain, to source fine tomatoes is a burden. It is a sad state of affairs and requires logistics and hefty spending

Some of England’s waterways are named after the towns they flow through, rather than the other way round – a process known as back-formation

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and streaming

The playwright’s archives reveal him as a compulsive newspaper clipper and a master of montage

Self-service libraries with automated kiosks are taking over. But we lose librarians at our peril

The cinema looks at the clash of realities that is the US – and makes movies out of it

When Antonín Panenka stepped up to the spot in the 1976 Euro final, history was on his mind - and at his feet

In that moment, the weight an entire nation’s hopes rests on their shoulders. So, how can players cope?

My decades-long relationship with a fake blue plaque has been rekindled by a new Labour government

Why are the German and English names for stringed instruments so different?

With an eye for the smallest detail as well as the big picture, Trump became a vital driving force of the family business empire

A remarkable new documentary sees the son of commandant Rudolph Höss meet a survivor of his father’s murder factory

Writing during the turbulent regime of Enver Hoxha led the writer into compromise – as well as greatness

Wiener schnitzel, born in Vienna, has its own form, its own magic

King Vidor’s film helped put Labour into government

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, books and streaming

The Voice of the Turtle is stylish, compelling and romantic

Liliana Cavani's pitch-black tale of a Nazi and a camp survivor bound together enraged almost everybody on its original release. Half a century on, has the tide turned?

Why do some people believe bees shouldn’t be able to fly? For the same reason others believe in Nessie or that climate change is a hoax

Come on Tate Gallery, if you really feel the need to right a historic injustice, do it by ameliorating a contemporary one

The common portrayal as a humourless Teuton could not have been further from a man whose work was infused with nuance, warmth and joy

A new novel that reimagines art’s most toxic relationship and reintroduces the photographer and artist’s legacy to the world

The addition of suffixes to indicate a change in size is a common feature of many languages – but the word ‘cello’ is a unique example

From remote Spain to the US Midwest via the Eternal City and Moominland, here are 10 must-reads for those long, warm days ahead

Government and culture do not mix.. just look what happened last time

A new venture by BrewDog’s ‘captain and co-founder’ is not to be welcomed

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

It was so dull that Churchill made his excuses and went to bed in the middle of it – even though it was screened especially for him