Europe

Even inside his own monogrammed funeral casket the writer of Don Quixote remains an enigma

British lamb isn’t at its best in April, so try this recipe for roast hogget

A year on from the failed attempt to make European football a closed shop, the sport's administrators still want to tinker with the Champions League

The 72-year-old took what she thought was an unwanted jacket from the Paris museum. Her newly acquired coat was actually a work aimed to recreate the garment worn by Picasso

The latest – and last? – novel by Michel Houellebecq, France’s most controversial writer, takes on politics

Migration and livestreaming are helping the traditionally English game gain a foothold in mainland Europe at long last

New album Hair of the Dog captures something of our primitive selves who looked for expression of our hopes, desires and search for new beginnings through the sound of a beat

Little known today, Alexis Soyer was once hailed as the world’s greatest cook; feeding not just the rich but famine victims and soldiers too

Germany has had quite a yield of resignations recently. Our columnist explains why it looks like one more is soon to go in Olaf Scholz's new cabinet

Until our monarchy is replaced with a elected and transparent head of state then the UK cannot count itself a modern state

The so-called Nuremberg defence of “I was just following orders” won't protect them, nor should it

As swear words go, “putain” is up there with the best. But considering what most French people think of the Russian Tsar, is it time to revert it to “Putin”?

French presidential polls show the incumbent with a narrow lead, but he has done himself few favours against his reshaped rival

Pope Francis’s credentials as a reformer and the future of the Vatican’s finances are being laid bare as a financial crimes mega-trial unfolds in Rome

The rebranded right wing presidential candidate is not what she pretends

A plummeting economy, food left to rot and red tape trouble are heaping more pressure on Boris Johnson

Netflix's new Amsterdam-set drama addresses the potential tedium of over-familiarity with sex, as well as its liberatory capacities

Brexit has seen the UK leg of a fabled train journey quietly ditched

From climate change to Covid and now the Ukraine war. Everyone is feeling anxious – can we cope with any more?

From music to film, TV to architecture, test your knowledge of Europe with our fiendishly tricky quiz

Remembering a visionary politician whose childhood experiences made him a believer in a united Europe

Of all the issues influencing the French elections, there’s an unlikely one – hunting. Its supporters say the right to kill wild animals is at the heart of being French. But animal rights campaigners disagree, and now a recent series of deadly accidents is changing public opinion

After winning the first round of voting in the presidential elections by only a small margin, Emmanuel Macron has just two weeks to pull voters back from the brink of extremism

Through an English language training entitlement the government can show it is serious about helping refugees make the UK their new home

France's presidential election is shaping as the next and biggest test of the popularity of Europe's authoritarian right

His polymathic attitude to genres and prolific output mean he is rarely spoken of in the same awed tones as a Hitchcock or Capra, but Curtiz was as much of a craftsman as any Hollywood great

The bungalow seems synonymous with the UK, but its origins can be traced back to north Indian languages

A global campaign seeking shorter hours for the same wage could benefit people, the economy and the planet

Lord Grade described the BBC's coverage of Partygate as “gleeful and disrespectful”. So, the Tories must be thrilled with his appointment as Ofcom chair, remarks one reader

Once the way Extremaduran families got their annual supply of meat, these days the traditional pig slaughter is a big day out

Zeitenwende is a big word. Our columnist is not yet convinced Germany will live up to it

Dutch king of controversy Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta, a convent drama more devilish than The Devils