Eurofile

From a backyard shack in Kingston, Perry reinvented the idea of the recording studio – before burning it to the ground

In an age of far right disinformation, scientist Emma Monk wages war against the prophets of rage

Wuppertal, in western Germany, is famous for having the world’s oldest suspension railway – with one very large passenger

Britta Marakatt-Labba’s embroideries transform the herdspeople’s history into a textile protest poem

Book festivals, ragebait journalism and city boys in the country get eviscerated in Natasha Brown’s brilliant Universality

The director has given another self-aggrandising interview. He should be making better films instead

‘Scarcity mindset’ marketing made the collectable dolls a Gen Z cult, but ubiquity will gradually erode Labubus’ power

New York in the 1980s was riven by disharmony, corruption and excess. Jonathan Mahler’s new book explains how the city forged a would-be dictator

Cycling across London has fundamentally reshaped my understanding of the city

The etymology of the name of the Spanish village, and thus of the island, is of considerable linguistic interest

Considering the battles that raged within her, perhaps the thing about the singer that commands most respect is not her genius, but her persistence

The German philanthropist spent big on daring art and a stunning gallery – then waited for the world to catch up

The Louvre’s 69-foot ‘diamond of Paris’ contains 118 glass triangles and 675 ‘lozenges’. One man (and his robot) is in charge of washing them all…

A selection of New World writers and editors choose the books they can’t stop recommending

How a Tanzanian secondary school student's ice cream making prompted a probe into why hot water can sometimes freeze faster than cold water

In back rooms, tiny pubs and even horse boxes, lesser-known standup comedians keep the eccentric spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe alive

What happens when you put AI and the internet together? We’re about to find out

Victoria Mapplebeck’s remarkable Motherboard takes us on a journey from womb to adulthood

The days of La Dolce Vita are long gone – people no longer aspire to classic elegance

An abandoned kiosk near St Peter’s Square has become one of the city’s most creative addresses

Jonathan Glazer’s British gangster film hit screens 25 years ago. What is the secret to its success?

Tension is simmering as the two countries celebrate their independence days this week. Four books explore how their relationship curdled into conflict

What do Patrick Süskind’s classic and Asako Yuzuki's contemporary novel tell us about the philosophy of smell and taste?

From Perfection and Careless People to Stephen King and Katie Price, your summer reading is sorted

Right wingers claiming that ‘woke’ has killed the galleries are indulging in wishful thinking

Once upon a time the internet was going to give a voice to the marginalised. Now it seems right wingers are manipulating the attention economy for their own ends

The city is quite obscenely beautiful, and the people are as warm as the weather

We usually transliterate the composer's name so as to have it beginning with the letter T. But why?

When Nazism came to her adopted home of France, the New Zealand journalist became a leading member of the resistance

We can’t be sure that, even if life were staring us in the face on Europa, we’d recognise it as such