Eurofile

The book accolade turns 30 this year and I have it to thank for many of the incredible women - and novels - in my life

Trying to understand one part of European history feels like picking up a thread and realising, gradually, that it leads to an entire quilt

How can it be that if we go far enough back in the history of the English language, these two words were originally one and the same word?

Losing an eye at the age of just three, his misfortune bred in him a fearlessness and restlessness

Surveys indicate that there’s no sign of convergence, even after 100 years, about the various interpretations of the theory that have been put forward

Her nasty new book contains one interesting point – funny the Daily Mail chose to ignore it

Thirty years after it was first published to indifference, Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men is a literary sensation

Meeting the painter Sean Scully was an opportunity to ask him about his art – but do the questions make any sense?

John Maclean's spaghetti western samurai film set in late 18th-century Britain is another example of how the director's eclecticism defies categorisation

The Beach Boy is gone – and as Trump’s troops stalk LA, the state’s sun-drenched dream is over too

You used to be the coolest Europeans, with the best music and culture. But cutting back the British Council and the World Service will only make you smaller on the world stage

To be in Europe is to live without boundaries. The Irish have chosen that path, and their national identity has soared

A collection of images curated by the director tells the story of protest and resistance in Britain. But who wins and who loses is only part of the story

A major exhibition in Amsterdam underscores art’s enduring power to connect cultures and bridge political divides

An older generation of music fans are putting concerts by old favourites at the heart of their city breaks

As the holiday season approaches, will tourists be welcome all over Europe – or will anti-tourism activists once again be targeting visitors?

Ballerina is a smart and stylish John Wick universe detour that weaponises grace

Forever talks about the stuff Stephen Graham’s hit show didn’t – including what we owe young people in a pornified world

A large Scandinavian Viking army landed on the East Anglian coast in 865, giving places names which remain to this day

Serious books are being written about the pop icons. But do we risk letting light in on the magic?

His life took him from the blood-stained cellars of Texas to a place in the sporting pantheon

Poster genius Dafi Kühne’s hands-on approach and playful designs create a singular vision

How did an inquiry into the laws of nature produce a form of technology capable of annihilating civilisation?

Big money and big ambitions fuel the racket sport born in a Mexican back garden

2017 OF201 is the largest object to have been found in our solar system for more than a decade

The photographer’s images of man’s ongoing mission to tame and commercialise the wild are a spectacle

In dog-obsessed Chicago, pets dominate social life and identity, leaving non-owners feeling alienated, bemused and increasingly outnumbered

The Mission: Impossible films show a man who bends the chaos of the world to his will and saves humanity. But what would Friedrich make of it all?

Jesse Armstrong’s return as writer and director of this feature-length drama has been giddily anticipated. And it does not disappoint