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Whatever you do, don’t give in to the idea that we are all doomed. It only makes it all much worse

The comic dilemmas in The Studio are a joy to watch and class of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's writing style

The food trend of the moment is better than you’d think – and a gateway drug to better Middle Eastern food

He was one half of Milli Vanilli. So was he a failure, a fraud – or an extraordinary success?

The country has long had strong political and cultural ties with France, which are reflected in the language

From where authors stayed to where they set their novels, a selection of reading rooms for travelling bookworms

Donald Trump could learn a lot about climate change from our feathered friends

The Royal Academy celebrates 10 Brazilian artists hugely influenced by Europe

Lasagne is now taking its turn in an ongoing churn where chefs and restaurateurs fall back on a proponent of certainty

Widowed, gravely ill and with three children under seven, the artist somehow managed to reinvent her work

Five years on from the first UK lockdown, 2020 feels alien compared to today

The Frenchman always stressed that he was a writer of science fact, not science fiction

While the UK has its own home-grown bigots, the word itself may have come to England from France in the 16th century

The siege of Leningrad brought desperation, degradation and death – and a host of stories which shaped a future dictator

Football’s elite are about to feel the pinch. Teams need to crank up their matchday revenues or be left behind

The entente cordiale was never dead, but it did limp on gingerly for some years. What a delight to see it thrive again

Corporate giants buy great art like stocks and shares – and then hide it from the public. But in Italy, things are thankfully a little different…

Hitler’s Germany built an elite criminal investigation unit and then used it for oppression and genocide

Le Balcon de Villard was cheap and very cheerful. Climate change and underinvestment changed that – but now NBA star Tony Parker wants to revive it

Hans Coper fled the Nazis - and found a post-war state ready to sponsor art as it rebuilt the country

‘This was the perfect opportunity to give two fingers to Tim Martin and Nigel Farage’ says owner Robert Thomas

Forty years since his first feature film, Steven Soderbergh has rarely been better

Hollywood on the Tiber lifts the lid of Rome’s riotous postwar film industry

The Irish writer with the ‘blazingly daring’ style is back. But don’t call her the next James Joyce

There is something uniquely depressing in seeing the queue for Burger King in the departures area at Male Airport in the Maldives

Felony has meant many things in the past, from crime, wickedness and sin to deceit and villainy. Just ask Donald Trump

It was while the 22-year-old Germaine Lefebvre was walking down a Parisian street that her life was forever changed

After noticing the negatives for too long, I've renewed my marriage vows with London

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