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Dutch king of controversy Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta, a convent drama more devilish than The Devils

The proposal to give Ukraine a bye to the World Cup is a worthy one - but Fifa has never gone down that route

The National Gallery’s new Raphael exhibition hints at where the artist’s talent might have led him had he not died young

Deprived of the opportunity of having collaborators in the studio, the Danish experimental electronic chamber pop band have self-produced their new album

Accents, like any other cultural signifier, matter – and when they’re deployed in dramatic contexts they matter more

A collection of artworks all have one thing in common: it only takes paste or Sellotape to make public the anger, horror and pity felt at events in Ukraine

This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere

An exhibition at Bodleian Library traces 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history through beautiful medieval manuscripts, prints, maps and animal stories

Her posthumous reputation dictated by centuries of almost exclusively male gatekeepers, history has not been kind to the queen of both France and England

The surprising European roots of stories like Beauty And The Beast reach back to the Bronze Age

This Basque dish is easy to prepare, delicious and an easy way to support British fishing

Missing the country's second World Cup in a row, Italy's European Championship victory last summer now appears like a blue mirage

With the release of True Things, has UK cinema finally grown up enough to depict sex acts on screen without sniggering?

The unexpectedly timely Postwar Modern at the Barbican showcases the ability of refugee artists to create great work after escaping conflict

An email about an old family friend stirs ruminations on mysteries and memories

It has two meanings and a fascinating new use. Now read on... if you can be bothered, that is

A new museum dedicated to the Swedish dance star has more in common with its earnest predecessors than at first seems the case

The Johnny Hallyday who took the Albert Hall stage one night 10 years ago was the culmination of 50 years of myth-making

To celebrate Jock McFadyen’s 70th birthday, the Royal Academy’s retrospective features 30 years of paintings of the East End of London

The actual stand-up in Netflix's new dramedy is rarely as funny as it is supposed to be, but the characters are so vivid it barely matters

Ruth Wilson is a serious actor, but this is a singularly boring piece of theatre

In Testament, an exhibition at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, contemporary artists have set about ripping up the traditional concept of statues

With more than 100m albums sold, the Anglo-Italian could afford to be sanguine about critical coolness towards his work

Good borscht cannot be cooked quickly - so if you don’t have time now, save this recipe until you have enough

Restrictions on freedom of movement after Brexit have left British competitive cyclists struggling to gain the experience they need to make it

Why Woman's Hour's airing of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sobbing was manipulative

Not for the first time in recent history, Barcelona is playing beautifully while living on bank loans that almost defy financial gravity

Online events have kept us going during Covid, but nothing can replace the real thing

Peter The Great and Nicholas II were part of a centuries-long effort to suppress the language

The Norwegian singer's new album is an undeniably dreamlike, immersive experience

A superb new film may be disowned by its director – because it is set in Russia

The trailblazing artist has joined the ranks of the few artists who have enough work to more than fill two major European shows at the same time