Europe
Europe
Europe
Alexis Mardas: The TV repairman who became John Lennon’s ‘magic’ guru
CHARLIE CONNELLY on arguably the most enigmatic figure to orbit the strange world of The Beatles
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Changing times cloud the issue
PETER TRUDGILL on a word with many different meanings in the past 700 years
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Taste of Europe: Luciano Pierre White’s seafood tagliolini
Pile your plate high with tagliolini, tender pickled shrimps and chunks of lobster.
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Germansplaining: Why Germany’s Nuxit plan is still misguided
Our columnist argues how the timing of Germany's nuclear phase-out is irresponsible.
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Sketches of Spain: New Year’s Eve in Fuentes de León
New Year's Eve in agricultural Extremadura is not to be refused - just don't head out before 3am
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A special relationship…two nations united in our shared venality
Being a citizen of both the United States and United Kingdom was once a privilege. Now it’s an embarrassment. How did we get here?
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The Eurostar is back on track
Buffeted by the pandemic, Eurostar faced collapse. With little thanks to the UK government, this link to the continent is revived.
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Remember Jean-Pierre Adams when talking about the good of the game
Football's authorities need to pay more attention to players' physical and mental burnout, says ROB HUGHES
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The films of 2022 are already bursting with brilliance
From a fresh perspective on a classic French tale to a tense drama set on a freezing Russian train, our movie picks for the first third of 2022
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Horrors can often be dismissed, A Classic Horror Movie shows why the genre needs broader recognition
Netflix's A Classic Horror Story deserves a wider audience, says MEGAN NOLAN
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Albrecht Dürer on the road to enlightenment
CLAUDIA PRITCHARD enjoys a European journey in the company of a German genius.
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Transgender jibe hits Madame Macron
The president's wife is starting legal proceedings over a conspiracy theory that she is transgender.
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Where the carols are still being rolled out
SOPHIA DEBOICK on the traditional songs of celebration continuing to be sung across Europe
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Trump finds Brexit’s pastures not quite as green as predicted
STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.
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Special Report: Putin’s plan and its terrifying consequences for Europe
The West faces an ultimatum from Russia that could result in actual war. Yet we don’t seem to have noticed. Paris Sorbonne professor of international relations and Russia specialist FRANÇOISE THOM analyses the threat.
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Happy New Brexit Year… the worst is yet to come
New rules and standards on EU trade will make the first set of Brexit measures pale into insignificance.
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From Tutankhamun to Lucian Freud – key anniversaries in 2022
As much as the arrival of a New Year encourages us to look forward, it also offers a chance to look back. JONATHAN SALE flags up the most notable anniversaries in 2022.
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When Russia’s greatest love machine was… Leonid Brezhnev
He’s remembered as an unsmiling, bloated figure festooned with medals. But at one point the Soviet leader was classed as a heart-throb.
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Christmas in Calais: The refugees stranded in limbo by political posturing
Calmer weather has brought a new surge of migrant boat crossings in the Channel - and with them, new risks.
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When Harry met Santa: Gay Santa goes viral in Norway
A Norwegian Christmas advert depicting Santa falling in love with a man called Harry has been widely shared on social media.
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What a Russian invasion would mean for already anarchy-filled Ukraine
Facing rare criticism at home, Vladimir Putin is preparing a crowd-pleasing war against what he considers a ‘fake’ country.
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Germansplaining: How Germany uses the get-out-of-jail card
Why Germany and Britain diverge wildly when it comes to justice and imposing prison terms.
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Multicultural man: On Eric Zemmour
WILL SELF on the French far-right politician who emerged from a Jewish background.
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The twenty faces who have the power to make or break 2022
Liz Truss, Yolanda Díaz, Valérie Pécresse, Mamata Banerjee, Andrew Bailey. Just some of the names we think will make the headlines in the next 12 months ... for better or worse
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Gem finder wins cash from a crash
A young Frenchman has financially benefitted after finding gemstones, and being allowed to keep half, from a plane crash on Mont Blanc dating back to 1950.
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Is there a bridge back to the European Union?
With rival negotiators at odds over the Northern Ireland Protocol, and Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron trading insults, it seems that Britain and the EU have never been further apart. But a former diplomat argues that a coming together is inevitable.
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Germansplaining: Germany’s problem with jabs
Why do German-speaking countries have significantly lower vaccination rates than the rest of Western Europe?
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Can Scholz work a miracle in the shadow of Merkel?
Germany’s new chancellor faces a tough task in steering a risk-averse country through the radical change of modernisation.
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Europe: Where the wild things are
The concept is fashionable yet controversial, exerting a romantic
appeal on some and exerting deep
atavistic fears in others. But at its essence, rewilding is a simple necessity.
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Gammon’s off as truth about Francois’ best-seller is revealed
Celebrations of Mark Francois' book, Spartan Victory, achieving best-seller status may be premature.
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Calais: A war of words without sense and a tragedy without end
Boris Johnson’s posturing over France is making a terrible situation even worse.