Arts and Culture

Despite some great performances, narratively there is not much at the heart of this Danish comic drama

None of the characters really break through sufficiently to hold August Wilson's production together and give it any real focus

This sequel to a Henrik Ibsen classic can get overcome with its sense of how clever and novel it is

Ukraine I Miss You (The Magnificent 12) will showcase the images of a dozen Ukrainian photographers and artists

The 1954 West Germany captain will always be remembered for the Miracle of Bern but an earlier game was far more important

Lamb chops are heaven – the ultimate bar snack, the ideal summer food to be enjoyed outside with a bottle of Whispering Angel or Burgundy

The Portuguese capital is fast becoming the go-to place for elite football clubs looking for the world's best young talent

A newly translated novel portrays Europe as a dilapidated hotel that’s wallowing in nostalgia

Once colonised and abandoned, Ireland's capital is buzzy and booming. But whether it is truly European remains unresolved

Sophie Marceau captivated one schoolboy so much he became a Francophile film critic. But what would it be like when they spoke, 40 years later?

A new edition of the closest we got to a David Bowie autobiography lifts a little of the on-stage mask

A pause on the telephone causes our columnist to ruminate on a meltdown in a relatively faraway country

Gear up for five European cycling epics

It is the only East Germanic language we have records of – and we only have those because of an accident of history

A new Spanish Netflix series asks what privacy in the modern age looks like, especially when all too often the little we have gets betrayed

This new take on a Greek tragedy is slow, pretentious and mind-numbingly boring

Hollywood star Amy Adams is the draw in this revival and she's content just to get on with some proper acting for a change

A self-confessed “unleashed exhibitionist, chasing headlines”, Collin Dufresne lived the life but on her terms

’Nduja has become highly uncool in many upscale restaurants, but used well it delivers big flavours and layers

Ukraine's captain, Andriy Yarmolenko, epitomises his team's cause but a play-off against Wales had a sting in the tale

Spine-tingling stories of our relationship with the most perfect format of them all.. the book

Miss Ross is still the boss, and always will be

The Scottish outpost is studded with 1,400 stone shelters. But like the origins of the people who built them, their true purpose is unclear

For her first film in English, director Mia Hansen-Løve follows in her hero Ingmar Bergman’s footsteps to a remote Baltic isle

Quartiers nord is Marseille rapper Alonzo's most affectionate tribute to his hometown yet

A new exhibition celebrates Pompeii’s erotic art and artefacts, many hidden from public view since their excavation in the 19th century

Over the past decade Lionel Shriver has made a name for herself as a one-woman corrective to what she perceives as an excessively “woke” culture in this country

English has a lot of words taken from French.. and some that we have ‘borrowed’ twice

Fifty years ago, with a couple of vans, children and dogs in tow, Paul McCartney set off to Europe with a new band to realise a dream

For a Gen-Zer, Nick Hornby's marital vignettes are reminiscent of late-night and wine-filled debates with family members

The big numbers in this adaptation are all too familiar but they are listlessly performed and all the emphasis is on Peter Andre’s cameo turn

Bartlett Sher’s production is totally unnecessary and maybe a form of sacrilege