Europe

After WWII, Britain started building new play areas for its children – and imported its inspiration from Europe

There was much more to Tove Jansson than the troll family that made her famous

On the outskirts of the capital, Punjabi-Sikhs are being forced to work in brutal conditions

In France, businesses, societies and individuals move slower – sometimes a lot slower – than lawmakers

Spaniards famously eat late, but make an exception at Atrio – you won’t want to miss the sunset viewings from the courtyard

Hamas has made it brutally simple to pick a side – the challenge for our society is seeing it through

It was the Franco-British aircraft that flew too close to the sun. But could supersonic travel now make a surprise comeback?

An old Tory slogan was: “Britain’s better off with the Conservatives”. Now we’d be better off without them. It’s time they went before they ruin us irreparably

The populists have been stopped in their tracks. It will soon be Britain’s turn to do likewise

The ruling hard right party doesn’t have the votes to form a government. Can Donald Tusk put together a centrist ruling coalition?

The gap between public opinion and political inertia is huge - and growing. It should be filled

The home secretary’s warnings makes little sense in a world that is increasingly homophobic

The Leave-supporting media is still reluctant to admit it damaged its own readers’ interests

The people are heading to the polls this weekend and whatever the result, Poland will remain starkly divided

Hardcore Remainers were disappointed but unbowed by Keir Starmer’s conference

Few cultural figures can have combined political activism and theatre as successfully as Fo

A hit Netflix show is drawing tourists to the Azores, the archipelago where migration and magic are facts of life

It is eternally imperilled and eternally inspiring. A new book celebrates the great art made in and about the city that makes spirits float

A new translation of a novel on the rise of Nazism holds lessons for our current populist age

A new documentary delves into the life of the woman who outstoned the Stones

Too many Germans see support for AfD as an eastern phenomenon but the party’s vote share is growing in the west

The green party has ambitions to make Bergen ‘cruise-free’ by 2027 but this will be no mean feat

Brexit has grounded the ‘snowbirds’ who headed for Spanish holiday homes each winter – and ended dreams of expat life in the sun

With a populist returned to power in Slovakia, the Czech Republic has been reminded of the ever-changing nature of nationhood

Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?

Bologna is at risk of being turned into a tourist’s vending machine

The prime minister’s reaction to recent violence in the country has made it all too clear that the political weather is set to darken

There aren’t many outsiders in Geldo, but then there aren’t many Geldanos either

As the aftermath of the Hamas incursion dominates the headlines, we should not take our eyes off Kosovo

Safety-first will not save Britain’s economy and Labour’s leader knows it

Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins

Give Kosovo a path to NATO and crack down on Serbia’s Vučić, says a former Kosovan foreign minister