Europe

Amid all the glories of Paris, the Pompidou Centre stands as a monument to modernism and to the man whose name it bears

The populist prime minster is on a crusade to turn the country’s pubic service broadcaster into a state-controlled institution

Despite not being a Francophile, post-Brexit Britain pushed me to find work and a future in France

Germany should accept the gift of 20,000 elephants from Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, with both remorse and open arms

You Are Not Alone, a powerful new documentary, follows the horrific attack that gripped Spain

In Brooklyn’s Little Odessa, Russians and Ukrainians live side by side, in the shadow of a distant conflict

For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook

A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court

A dream provided an epitaph inadvertently appropriate for a man who spent his life producing art and literature that shocked and appalled the unsuspecting

People may assume that the word ‘cravat’ comes from French, but its ultimate linguistic origin is much more complicated

Off the west coast of Norway lies an island luring countless tourists to its shores for its salmon

ECM has been producing stylish jazz since 1969. But with its founder now 80, where do its solemn, spacious sounds go next?

The Judgement of Paris gives up its myriad secrets at the National Gallery

The Montenegrin has been the subject of a mock trial and effigy-burning over his latest novel, Anomaly

Presidential victory for an ally of pro-Russia PM Robert Fico gives Zelensky and the EU a new headache

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Will Hutton, journalist and author of The State We’re In, sets out how Labour can remake Britain

Turkey’s recent local elections shattered the president’s illusion of invincibility

Banning cruise ships may reduce pollution on the water, but it also creates its own set of issues

In Italy, food is political capital and Ferrero products are no exception

Despite some attempts at prohibition, the tradition goes on in Spain. Like that of the bulls, its own demise will be a long, drawn-out affair

Scientists cannot provide evidence that homoeopathic treatment works, but the Greens’ fandom is too ingrained to ‘follow the science’

The Jewish experience, over centuries, has been one of persecution and disregard. This is why Israel is pursuing its destructive policy in Gaza

As the Entente Cordiale turns 120, more reasons to celebrate

The Eisbach river offers the city’s residents an eccentric gift: a surfing wave in landlocked Bavaria

Prime minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to bring the format to parliament is already proving controversial

Even for all her success and the wealth that came with it, Valadon’s bohemianism remained undiminished

Viktor Orbán’s support for Trump and Putin could give rise to a terrifying axis, and with it bring about the end of liberal democracy

The main takeaway I took from Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is different from the one the director intended

We need Have I Got News for You and The Last Leg just as we needed Spitting Image in the 1980s – to reassure us that we aren’t all going mad

A new exhibition connects the work of over 50 women from across the world

Locals have opted to negate the fact that Lawrence’s vision of Italy wasn’t entirely idyllic

Ireland is going through a golden literary age – but Sinéad Gleeson’s extraordinary debut stands out from the rest