Eurofile

Ugliness in Piobbico is a virtue, and the ‘uglies’ are heroes

The imaginative liberties on show here are the trademark of director Thomas Ostermeier

In divisive times, the contest still holds extraordinary power, explains Chris Harms of Lord Of The Lost - even if you finish last

Like Stanley Kubrick, his gift was to imagine and then realise the unimaginable, the unrealisable – places you could never go

How the world of cricket promises another pleasing rhyming headline in the not-too-distant future

A new biopic covers the short life of basketball’s Dražen Petrović, Croatia’s greatest sporting hero

Marjorie Watson-Williams changed her name to Paule Vézelay, her home city from Bristol to Paris... and then set about changing art

You don’t really matter to the world and neither do I, and that ought to feel freeing

To hear the crack of pastry, green spinach and salty cheese waiting inside, is among the highest echelons of what it means to be savoury

Poland’s capital city boasts a variety of museums commemorating history, but MSN Warsaw has a futuristic approach to culture

Mette Tronvoll’s images of a remote island over several years capture the beauty of a dance with time

When it comes to delivering uncomfortable truths, incisive docudramas can trump conventional politics and Jack Thorne's Toxic Town is no exception

Why does the government want to feed the UK creative sector to the AI companies?

Going For Gold was a European quiz show hopelessly biased in favour of Brits. But that didn’t stop foreigners winning

Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are funny, tragic and unforgettable

Hayley Atwell can’t save a witless update of Much Ado About Nothing

The American jazz pianist had a passion for teaching music, and created a bridge between the worlds of bebop and classical

The pork-filled stew – one of Portugal’s national dishes – is boundlessly hearty and invariably leads to a postprandial snooze

Cornish was doomed after Latin was banished from church services in favour of English during the 1500s

‘Pippo’ soared to fame alongside Maria Callas in the 1950s but his playboy lifestyle ultimately led to the loss of his golden voice

Restaurateurs in Grisciano are on a ‘promotion mission’ to tell Pasta alla Gricia's origin tale to tourists

As a Frenchwoman with Moroccan roots who has lived in Britain for 15 years, I don’t fully belong anywhere. But that is a privilege, not a pity

Francis Picabia was derided for wartime nudes with a worryingly Aryan aspect. But a new exhibition of later work suggests we may need to re-evaluate him

Robert De Niro, in his first regular television role, is extremely entertaining in Netflix's pacey riff on hypermodern cyberwarfare

While many cities in Spain struggle to cope with the effects of mass tourism, Benidorm’s sustainable model allows it to flourish

Irmin Schmidt on the hypnotic chemistry of Can, Europe's most influential band

A new film celebrates Martin Parr, recorder of the mischief and tenderness of British working class life

The third instalment of Mike White's acclaimed series is back with its usual love of mystery, lurking lust and dark humour

If even just one place were to open in a big city, and start offering decently priced, unfussy French bistro classics, they would become gazillionaires in a matter of weeks

At a time when cyclists had begun to resemble machines, Pantani was almost impossibly human, unable to conceal his emotions