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There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but three of them need not be there at all. Could they be put to better use?

In an ever-vigilant society it’s often worth keeping your wits about you. But, has this practice gone too far?

French director Olivier Assayas has spun his cult 1990s film Irma Vep into a sexy, funny, dizzyingly multilayered TV series.

Organisers wanted to shake up a German contemporary art show. They did that, all right

Two centuries since his dramatic death at sea, the legacy of Percy Bysshe Shelley lives on

Salem is the King of Manele – the Middle Eastern-flavoured Romanian pop music descended from Roma folk music. But, some of his material divides audiences

If Angela Rayner’s trip to the lawns of Glyndebourne put a different social spin to opera, music bosses will surely be buying her champagne

Can urban art build bridges instead of walls? Eleven artists across Europe have come together to prove just this

The Austrian-American composer was convinced atonality was the future of music. Sadly, his fear of the number 13 led to his death before this day could arrive

There’s a good play to be written about what happens to us in advanced old age. Sadly, this production is not it

Set in 2019, Roy Williams’ state-of-the-nation play tells the story of a country that’s gotten itself into a bit of a state

The new Netflix drama sets aside political quibbles and moments of cultural discord, settling instead for lighter watching

When the Women’s Euros begin this week, some will carp about a quality gap with the men’s game. The rest of us will just enjoy the skill and the spectacle

Far more than the Britpop bands, it was the Young British Artists who best personified the Blair era

The presenter managed to stay at the top for six decades, winning hearts whether baring her monochrome midriff to a startled nation or holding that same nation’s politicians to account in full colour

In a fiercely regional country the tortilla española is the one universal dish

This would not be out of place in an elegant, pared-back Roman trattoria, despite the hyper-modern, billowing nature of the Big Mamma restaurants it is served in

A remarkable account of illegal travels through the deserted villages and towns near Chernobyl

Heilung's ancient-sounding music has slotted neatly into pop culture’s current enthusiasm for a bloody and merciless northern European past

An emphasis on Russian culture has left the languages of many small, semi-nomadic peoples vulnerable to extinction

The fictionalised story of a real Swedish football prodigy’s struggles tells ugly truths about the beautiful game

The race that transcends time and tides

A Danish drama set in the world of social work paints an unbearable balancing act of competing harms

This tale of anti-democracy activists is too clever for its own good

There is more anger, passion and insight to be had in just a few minutes of this show than any number of hours sitting through a James Graham political play

One of the greatest portrait photographers of all time, Halsman was able to easily win the trust of some of the greatest figures in modern cultural and political history

He wrote fantasy, horror and crime, invented music criticism.. and had time for a day job too

The minute details of this recipe help turn the simplest of pleasures into special ones

Mortality was never far away – on the screen and, tragically, in real life – for the immortal Jean-Louis, French cinema’s man for all seasons

Musical instruments are becoming investment vehicles and collectables for hedge funds, keeping them beyond the reach of those who want to play them

Hamburg’s £740m concert hall went wildly over budget – but it is an overwhelming hit with visitors and locals

A record label representing talented musicians with experience of going through the criminal justice system is helping them to make a career out of music