Eurofile

Never mind Saturday Night Live UK, the most biting indictments of politics and culture are now on your laptop or phone

The American writer and activist tells us not to despair – the monsters may be pushing back hard, but momentum remains with progressives

Now in his 90s, the national treasure fills his latest diaries with bristle and bite

The novel Shy Girl has been withdrawn over claims that ChatGPT was used in its creation – something the publishers failed to notice

An outbreak of the disease in Kent highlights the importance of challenging the misleading stories that are beginning to emerge about Covid

The exiled writer/director knew that audiences really wanted empathy from Hollywood, not glamour

From Ashkenazi roots to German titles, the surname of Israel’s president carries centuries of meaning

The photography exhibition of undersea beauty that’s also an urgent warning about protecting our oceans

Raoul Peck, the director of Orwell: 2+2=5, on how the writer’s message is missed and misused – and what he would have thought of Trump and Gaza

The original show might be American, but nonsensical sketch comedy is very British. Our version understands that brilliantly

Feuds over Gdańsk’s museums are the latest skirmish in a battle between progressives and the populist right

I used to feel joy at the prospect of visiting the US. But now it feels like entering hostile territory. Wish me luck at passport control

The singer also known as Self Esteem is phenomenal as she follows revival in a revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles

It’s been in development for 16 years, yet players keep falling through the floor into the infinite void of space. After all that money, will there be a decent game at the end of it?

The director on his stylistic shift in the acclaimed La Grazia - and his despair at modern politics

Four-letter words and modern slang are meant to make this revival accessible, but something has been lost as a result

A flawed play makes a timely point - we shouldn’t complain about refugees when we help to create them

It’s very easy to get drawn into a life shaped entirely by the ogres who control the algorithms of social media. But that’s the route to populism. Why not go outside, and see what’s going on in the trees?

It’s depressing to see tiny children glued to screens and worrying to think what this total absorption in tech will do to their young minds. Are we raising a generation of screen-addicted zombies?

Franz Xaver Mozart is known as ‘FX’ – because English speakers are baffled by his middle name

With her distinctive bold colours, grey curls and bright scarves, Saadawi became a feminist icon. Margaret Atwood called her ‘one of the great radical voices of our time’

A woman in a US hospital had a sample taken of her cancer cells that went on to become the most important biopsy in all medicine. Is her family due compensation?

The Queen of Pop has been spotted in Margate – but residents should be more excited about what the British artist is doing for our town

The painter brought Jesus to Berkshire, found sensuality in Wangford and planned a church based on his own life

He argued for the importance of communication within society, but his works were relentlessly inaccessible. Despite this, he was central to Germany’s post-war moral recovery

The BBC has finally given a woman a major chat show. But they won’t let the host be herself

Patricia Cornwell’s stories about a medical examiner spent decades in development hell. Now they’ve delivered actual hell

Winners like Jessie Buckley, One Battle After Another and Sinners were predictable – but the fighting spirit of cinema offered a bit of hope

A haunting literary adaptation is laced with grief and guilt

The Bride, Wuthering Heights, even One Battle After Another prioritise mayhem over coherence