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Are bulging bookshelves really “smug and cultish” – or sources of much-needed tranquility?

Bafta-winning film-maker Mark Jenkin is back with Enys Men, and some strong words for the plight facing his home county

25 years since Mamma Mia! first premiered the jukebox musical is unlikely to go away any time soon

He was a quiet man who serially painted humble, dusty objects. So what makes Giorgio Morandi one of Italy's greatest arists?

The world’s most extreme languages are on the brink of extinction as their last remaining speakers die out

Some are worried the new AI open resource will render writing assignments redundant. Our writer's interaction would suggest not

Two big names can't mask the fact that Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is ponderous, pretentious piffle

Rob Madge's moving story of their relationship with their father is a reminder of Kenneth Williams

One scene, for which she was not prepared, defined the career of an actress who never wanted to be a star

This soft, chewy flatbread topped with rich taramasalata, salty brown shrimps and dill is fantastic

How metathesis, a transposition of sounds, changes English and other languages around the world

Why Luton Town's chief recruitment officer is the antithesis of state-sponsored moneyball

A house move causes our writer to ruminate on the problem of neighbourly relations

What a new collection by some of France’s greatest writers tells us about the art of the short story

For over half a century, a Parisian company based in an old munitions factory has been delivering explosive theatre

Homegrown movies are struggling at the Italian box office

An award for Swedish power metallers Sabaton quickly turned sour when a concert in Crimea emerged

A new exhibition shows how cross-cultural fertilisation was a characteristic of the Iberian peninsula from its early history

A comedy which seemed fresh and inventive many years ago now seems limp and hackneyed

The French composer who grew up in a cult and found solace in the power of music

Nothing in the life of Alexandra, Princess of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia, was ever truly her own

Sourdough bread has its place but when it comes to cheese toasties, sliced white is unbeatable

How the daughter of an art hero turned Soviet pariah kept his flame burning

Nearly 20 years after his death Sacha Distel is enjoying an afterlife through his music

We are deluded if we believe ourselves to be dogs' masters and mistresses

Football officialdom may be finally acknowledging that the brain is vulnerable to repeated knocks, even with their precious ball

I set out on a quest to find the grave of a someone I never knew, thanks to a book with a story

Why King Henry VIII’s ships, not his pets, may be why we call a part of East London the Isle of Dogs

Extra paperwork, border checks and additional costs for exports - Brexit has destroyed the livelihoods of countless musicians

A musical inspired by George Takei's early life has a tremendous emotional charge

In this cost-of-living crisis, and amidst this endlessly dreary, cold weather, few dishes will soothe and warm you more than fish pie

The Spanish giants are still determined to force a breakaway European Super League on us