Europe

The prison island in Tuscany is a social experiment in which 80 prisoners look after animals, orchards and fields

He was the last Conservative prime minister to stand up to MPs making inflammatory, racist speeches and ensured Enoch Powell was removed from the party

Most modern European languages are thought to have originally come from one area of the vast Eurasian Steppe

The city's role in the drugs trade has brought narco-state violence to the peaceful heart of Europe

The most popular shows and viewing statistics across the continent

Remembering the brave resistance of Germany’s White Rose movement and their fight for free expression

Would there have been the same furore over his Twitter posts if Gary was a Gerhard?

Europe’s great scientific experiment may not be hitting the headlines, but its work to explain the universe goes on

The country’s manufacturers have given up on the Conservatives and are waiting for the election that removes them

The skiing season and Europe’s winter sports culture are under existential threat from rising temperatures

The poisonous cocktail of ideologically driven nationalism and gradual erosion of our rights is worrying indeed

Look closely at the suffix -less and you’ll find it often attached to words like reck and ruth that have ceased to exist

Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb war criminal, is dying. For one of the families he ripped apart, his fate means nothing

From workshy Danish comedians to Polish beer lovers, here are the continent’s most eccentric politicians

It’s not just the British who are obsessed with the Nazis – Hitler still boosts sales and viewing figures in Germany

The borderlands of Paris are home to great works of architectural modernism – and some terrible mistakes

It should not automatically be seen as a bad consequence of short-term failure. It could be a vital survival tool with many social benefits

The story of the Senegal-born boxer the IRA couldn’t knock out – and his fatal drift into dissipation

The language arrived in Wales much earlier than England thanks to links between Britons and ordinary Romans

The remarkable career of the Spanish republican soldier who stumbled into the film industry

Is Europe’s policy on migration fuelling growing violence in Tunisia against black immigrants?

It was a real privilege to sit down with Björn Ulvaeus this week to discuss the band's social impact

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

The government would do well to avoid exacerbating the current crises and heed this advice

How the frequency and reliability of mail delivery varies across the continent

The country is divided over the ‘iron chancellor’, feminist foreign policy and Putin’s ‘manifesto for peace’

A notorious mafia killer is now behind bars – but why did it take so long to catch him?

The UK government’s figures are pure fiction, designed to frighten us off seeking independence

After decades of success in the US and Europe, the Russian composer suffered an ignominious demise in 1950s Moscow

The Elfstedentocht event has been part of Dutch folklore for more than 100 years. But, thanks to climate change, it could well be over for good

Celebrating 100 years of the subversive eccentric feted by the Beatles and John Peel

From The Rolling Stones and The Cure to Jean-Louis Murat: How musicians excel at melding literature and song