Arts and Culture

The language can be found in some unexpected places, none more so than medieval “New England” on the Crimean peninsula

Over the course of a year, a couple created a bracing, bizarre series of Polaroids taken in the bars of the Dutch capital

The devastating bacteria Xylella has killed 21 million olive trees in Italy. Now it is threatening more species, in more countries

There should be no career resurrection after the blistering verdict of the Privileges Committee. Will someone please tell Johnson to leave politics gracefully?

Jack Thorne's telling of an early BBC struggle is unfocused, often boring and poorly realised

The anxiety over artificial intelligence is a distraction from the real threat facing the planet

The lead singer of legendary rock band Rammstein faces accusations of grooming young fans for his pleasure

With his “music that doesn't disturb” the German became one of the biggest-selling recording artists in Europe

The standard form of English used in the media contains a number of grammatical oddities not found in other dialects of the language

Carl Orff’s choral masterwork Carmina Burana was feted by the Nazis. But was he a willing collaborator or a canny survivor?

Like hummus and olives, two other central components of a train picnic in modern Britain, chorizo is almost as much of a cultural touchpoint as a sausage roll

The UK used to be the obvious point of entry for art and antiquities coming into Europe. But then we ostracised ourselves

The phrase “once in a lifetime” is thrown around a lot. But this artistic experience lives up to the hype

Too many books about the countryside are over-written and nostalgic. But Rebecca Smith’s brilliant new memoir gets it just right

Even when it comes to humankind’s favourite pastime - world domination - we can’t claim any clear victory over ants

We want technology to be developed in a logical fashion because we want to believe we, ourselves, are logical problem-solvers rather than mere tinkerers

Divided by a continent and a generation, they never met. But a new exhibition shows the ties between Leon Kossoff and Chaïm Soutine

Cleo Watson’s debut novel, Whips, is the latest in a long line of raunchy romps set in the world’s least erotic place – Westminster

Communities can switch language – like the Irish who gradually gave up Gaelic for English – but they retain parts of the old one, too

The overriding atmosphere of Loti’s output is one of a lost innocence, a yearning nostalgia for a world before the corrupting influence of Europe

We have to some degree lost our way with burgers. But not always

Last month, the city of Marseille lit up to celebrate 30 years since its club’s European Cup win – a victory overshadowed by disgrace

Manchester City have been a constant parade of sensational footballers over the last few years, but none arrived in the same way the Norwegian striker did

The simultaneous elevation of the chip into gastronomy, and its demotion, via pulverising and reconstitution into the soggy cardboard substratum of contemporary British poverty, marks its nadir

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo

The journalist Simon Jenkins claims the Celtic tribe and language did not exist. He is wrong – as Julius Caesar could have told him...

This is a fancy and complex plate of food because Hall-McCarron’s delicate and careful combinations of flavour are majestic, but with time and energy it can be replicated at home

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

There was much to enjoy at Cannes – but the same old players doing the same old things hints that cinema may be due a shake-up

Great writers give us more than just good stories to read, they help us define ourselves and our place in the world

This was not just a motley gathering of eccentrics – remember, Ukip were never taken seriously, and look what damage they managed to inflict on Britain

Pirelli’s vast Milan gallery is a temple of daring contemporary art