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Despite his legacy, "Rubenesque" women were only a small part of the artist's work

Patti soared to fame pre-radio and pre-gramophone, making her stardom all the more impressive

Putin’s regime has introduced ideologically driven cultural policies intended to shape a new, virtuous Russian citizen for the future

For a West End production, this show was simply not up to the mark

At a time when we have seen so much of the worst of it, this show appears to be tapping into something big

A new Netflix drama sees a 17-year-old Polish migrant return from exile in Wales to battle racism, sexism and Romany traditions

France is on a mission to ensure its capital is ready to host the 2024 Olympics – which means a clampdown on alcohol and its associated issues

During the second world war, the nobleman negotiated the release of tens of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps

The translations of familiar film and book titles into different languages can be fascinating, comical and often downright bizarre

This recipe from iconic Italian restaurant Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge is testament to a nation that markets its food with remarkable skill

Almost 800 public libraries have shut their doors since the Conservatives came to power. That is 800 too many

There is far more than a cackling cavalier to the Dutch Golden Age painter, the most venerated artist of his time

Ira Sachs’ latest movie is the year’s frankest and most sensual film – a thoughtful and provocative exploration of human emotions

Toulouse-Lautrec was an aristocrat who recognised in the outliers of society a shared vulnerable otherness

This Danish colloquialism for menstruation is just one of countless slang terms and phrases – often demeaning – that apply to women

If history had been different, Lope de Vega might have been regarded as the greatest dramatist of them all

As Rimbaud’s masterpiece A Season In Hell turns 150, reappraising the short life and wild times of a talented, toxic “damned soul”

A City salad bar was predicted by this columnist 30 years ago

This comforting and easy salad works as a refreshing aside to a barbecue, sun willing, or a main course

Technology is making forged paintings easier to identify, and giving us a chance to appreciate the art and craft of the counterfeiters

Amid strikes and sexism, the Venice Film Festival plays it safe

Makkabi Berlin have become the first Jewish club to play in Germany's premier cup

The Northern Irish rockers on Brexit, Britpop and their blistering new album

There’s no one angrier and more uptight than a westerner who practices a philosophy based on bodily attunement and the renunciation of desire

Eclipsed by contemporaries like Garbo and Dietrich, it’s difficult today to appreciate just what a presence Baclanova was in her heyday

From ‘crispbread phoners’ to ‘Cheryl Coles’, many of the latest slang terms around the world have been coined by technology and global events

Links with British industry and French universities – through ‘rugger diplomacy’ – helped to turn Romania into a surprising hotbed of the sport

I missed out on the crispy pork belly from Cambridge brasserie Six, but you don't have to

A Dutch royal residence has been turned into a huge public art gallery – a lesson for other royal families, perhaps?

Full of intriguing quirks and anecdotes, Andrew Martin’s Metropolitain is nothing short of a love letter to a subterranean railway

Dalí! Hollywood! Rotten eggs! The German electro-rockers pushed more than just musical boundaries

Researchers have just added another piece to the jigsaw that is a body from the Copper Age