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This supposedly heart-warming yuletide classic is the story of a NIMBY preparing to impose a radical moral agenda on his selfish neighbours

A honeymoon on the continent changed everything for American artist Helen Frankenthaler, whose work is being celebrated in Florence and Bilbao this year

Once a forgotten figure, athlete turned activist Werner Seelenbinder is finally getting the credit he is due

The Christmas tree in the Umbrian town of Gubbio in central Italy is so big, you can even switch the lights on from space

The Little Foxes confirms Anne-Marie Duff as a true great

The verb ‘to ask’ may have already been transposed in the past, but it took a lot longer for it to be used as a noun

The almost unbelievable artistic riches of renaissance Florence form the basis of an unmissable exhibition

The story of a family’s French holiday interrupted by the apocalypse tops our round-up of the best books of 2024

It was a big year for centrist dads and reality revivals – but Joe Rogan continued to dominate the podcast world

Much has been said about the increasing polarisation of people in the social media age. We need to remember that no man is an island

We are, slowly, finding our footing when it comes to what we put on our plate

In recent years Panettone, Italy’s iconic fluffy traditional Christmas cake, has seen many twists on its traditional flavour

There were huge advantages to being outside the Soviet Union, but the filmmaker's love of Russia bound him to home

A string of new music this year provided beautiful and uplifting sounds, but with a dark undercurrent

From deeply unsettling drama to a superior superhero spin-off, here are the shows to stream over Christmas

Jacques Audiard’s brilliant Emilia Pérez is a musical like no other, by turns funny, tragic and thrilling

If I close my eyes in rainy Britain, I'm back in my local café in Toulouse

The Bibi Files paints a devastating picture of the Israeli prime minister and his family

Sigourney Weaver shines in her west end debut in Jamie Lloyd’s powerful new production of Shakespeare’s final solo-authored play

Patrick Marber’s unremarkable revival delivers polite laughs only

For a woman who never desired the limelight, Silvana Mangano achieved cinematic immortality almost in spite of herself

How British music turned away from America and learned to love the continent

Inspired by Goya, the Portuguese artist’s versions of Humpty Dumpty and Three Blind Mice are very much not for children

A beautiful memoir about the ugly side of Europe tops our round-up of 2024’s best non-fiction

An astounding, eccentric documentary uncovers a murky assassination plot involving Belgium, the CIA and Louis Armstrong

The pronunciation of his name has always been debatable, but its origin seems clear enough – and it’s not from the Huguenots

Watching a game with people supporting the same team as you is one of the most deeply social experiences you can have

The troubled birth and lasting genius of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time in America

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

Max Webster's production of The Importance of Being Earnest fails to commit to doing something truly innovative