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The French daredevil whose luck ran out in front of two young future Beatles

To render any word unspeakable and un-writable is to impose totalitarian double-think rather than advance the cause of racial justice

A brand of English made it all the way to Iwo Jima – but linguists only found out thanks to a travel show on Japanese TV

Sweetbreads are the most unchallenging of offals, with a lovely delicate flavour. They are usually available all year round but are at their best at this time of year

Chelsea's attempt to change their luck by wearing yellow in the FA Cup final didn't pay off

When Teffi grew sceptical of the revolution, she headed for Paris, writing a masterpiece on the way

Tiny sculptures made by an 85-year-old tell an epic tale at the Venice Biennale

The frontman of one of Norway's most notorious death metal bands has now turned his hand to Riesling

A new exhibition reveals the secrets of a forward-thinking heiress whose taste and beliefs transcended her patriarchal age

The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

If part two of David Eldridge's trilogy of plays about relationships is a state-of-the-nation play, then all it has to say is that the nation is in a bit of a state, which will hardly come as a surprise to anyone

She may have been at least as gifted, if not more so than her illustrious brother but Fanny was a woman, making any kind of career in music off limits

This dish is a brilliant snack for the weekend and perfectly precedes a barbecue or similar

A chance encounter with a group of dancers shows the surprising origins of a very English tradition

The reluctance of men to explore the wealth of outstanding fiction by female writers is baffling

The Europa League final represents the night of a lifetime for Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers fans, but the cost of getting there will be a challenge

He was born in Malta, played in the first-ever final, rose to become a British army Colonel and ended his days as an Irish republican

Dutch-Turkish rapper Murda is not the first artist from Turkey’s contemporary rap scene to face the censure of the authorities

A supposedly tongue-in-cheek advert for a luxury SUV caused a backlash among classical music lovers

Russia is absent from this year’s edition of the world’s biggest international art exhibition. But the main talking point is a decisive move away from domination by white men

A new film is a landmark moment for both Irish cinema and the language more widely

Does the individual human move through some of the same stages as we have, collectively, as a society, in our attitudes to the rest of the animal world?

The Spanish spoken by descendants of the first Europeans to colonise the US diverges from that of Mexicans and Latinos

BritBox's latest is a perfectly pitched and painfully funny new addition to the canon of works about Irish alcoholism

This utterly misguided take on an ancient musical will antagonise the only people it’s likely to attract

Newcomer Michael Workeye dominates this superbly written, but often intensely painful piece

The UK and Russia – albeit in vastly different ways – seem unable to move on from the events of eight decades ago

Guru or phoney, even in death Helena Blavatsky's spiritual teachings continued to attract admirers

Peas are simple to make use of, more nutritious even than broccoli - and coming into season now

In agreeing new contracts at Liverpool and Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are putting down roots that are rare in modern life, let alone in the ephemeral world of football

How the video social network has raised sales figures and revived forgotten titles