Europe

Not for the first time, France's national football squad is going into a major tournament facing internal strife

Former home secretary Alan Johnson returns with a new novel and some dissenting thoughts on Brexit, Corbyn and Starmer

There has been more nuanced conversation on reality television than during the Tory leadership race, says one reader

Sophie and the Giants are virtually unknown at home - but bona fide disco royalty elsewhere

Why video games may well be the first truly globalised medium

The word arrived in English in the 1500s from France along with the ‘bay-coloured cloths’ it described

Venice has produced few major writers – yet few places have inspired so many authors

Karl May's Winnetou and the German soul are inseparable. I'm optimistic the country's icon will evade cancellation

It’s hard to put in words how much my country owes him. Danke, Gorbi

At the end of another summer of heatwaves in Europe, could the Islamic architecture of Spain help in the ongoing battle against climate change?

City skylines of tower blocks, motorway networks, urban plazas - everywhere you look today there are traces of the Swiss-French architect

However you might choose to prepare broad beans, using the vegetable in a tortilla is an excellent way to go

The first of a new series on the hidden aspects of well-known cities explores the suburb of Catalonia’s capital that stays blissfully tourist-free

Authors and readers love live events. But will they survive the attack on Salman Rushdie?

After so many false starts, will this be the season Paris Saint-Germain finally attain their Holy Grail of the Champions League?

Robert Habeck is the country’s most popular politician. But a hard autumn and winter are coming...

German public broadcasting has gone beyond a public service and has become excessive and expensive

As a new collection in Vienna shows, the rich have stopped lending art to public galleries, and are opening their own spaces instead

Fifty years ago, Boris Spassky’s destiny became forever intertwined with that of Bobby Fischer. But the Russian deserves more credit

Renewables aren’t just about saving the planet any more – they’re a means of helping to loosen Russia’s grip on the continent and preventing future fuel price hikes

A film about the female conductor of a major German orchestra is set to light up the awards season this year. Unfortunately, it's fiction

This list puts an emphasis on the perfectly formed pop single

Individually their fates were an immeasurable tragedy for two families, together they were a cause

The Dutchman is just the latest Manchester United manager to struggle to shake off the ghost of Alex Ferguson

A film that has won plaudits abroad has been unofficially blacklisted in Georgia, where it was made. Its silence speaks volumes about the country’s democratic decline

Jan Kiepura's ability to break down the barrier between performer and audience meant he was a shoo-in as a leading man as the talkie arrived

Ten days before Hitler’s suicide, Felix Hartlaub disappeared. But his notebooks live on

Scholz's convenient “memory loss” about his involvement in the Cum-Ex scandal not only tarnishes his own image, but harms trust in Germany's political system

A phone-tapping scandal threatens to end the rule of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and give power back to a reinvigorated left

When Weller and co went all French on us

The Italian's driving walked the line between skill and recklessness but never crossed it

Barcelona, heavily in debt, have managed to go on a summer spending spree