Culture

The pork-filled stew – one of Portugal’s national dishes – is boundlessly hearty and invariably leads to a postprandial snooze

As a Frenchwoman with Moroccan roots who has lived in Britain for 15 years, I don’t fully belong anywhere. But that is a privilege, not a pity

Claimed to have aphrodisiac effects, Italy’s most iconic dessert was born inside the brothels of Treviso to ‘refuel’ clients

Once divided on independence from Denmark, the Faroe Islands now see a clear path forward – and it’s largely down to Donald Trump

A new film about an architect who survives the Holocaust is a stunning achievement, and one with deep resonance for our own time

Gino Cecchettin, whose daughter Giulia was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, is leading the fight to end violence against women

The annual grillfest in the city’s market square – held in the depths of winter – is an extraordinary, baffling event

Photographer Simone Nanetti’s haunting images of Italy’s abandoned nightclubs

Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country

Watching a game with people supporting the same team as you is one of the most deeply social experiences you can have

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

Germany is issuing licences to groups who will report (what they think is) illegal and detrimental content on social media platforms

His appointment as England manager has raised eyebrows in Germany, but he is a world-class coach who x-rays his opponents like no one else

Online life has changed over the past five years or so, and not for the better. The algorithm has taken over entirely

The Frenchman won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the 1920s before becoming an innovator in the world of sportswear and tennis equipment

Nearly half a million hikers arrive in Galicia each year to tackle the Camino de Santiago. But only 1,000 try the lesser-known Winter Way…

The Yugoslav autocrat cultivated his international statesman image aboard a yacht where he hosted celebrities and dictators

President Erdoğan wants English speakers to pronounce his country’s name differently. Will he succeed?

My relentless pursuit of French fluency and European belonging has had its ups and downs but I realise I am making progress

When the rest of the world looks at Britain they see a country of systemic failures, dysfunction and absurdity. But it need not be like this

There are rumours that a Labour government may try to put an end to Westminster’s drinking culture by shutting down the bars on the parliamentary estate

The city has problems with aggressive gulls and overflowing rubbish – and the two go hand in hand

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’

As Keir Starmer tries to redefine what it means to be English, Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears ask what really lies behind our patriotic political myths

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

From Catalonia to Cumbria, there are around 100 active separatist movements in Europe. What drives them, and how many are serious about full independence?

I have decided to grow a beard – my mission is to reconcile the two most antipathetic faith communities of London in the contours of my own face

The youth movement of the 1950s was rooted in Britain’s working class, but its influence and notoriety spread across the continent

As a new series of HIGNFY approaches, its comedy is now preaching to the converted, and feels toothless in an age of virtue signalling but no virtue.

In a subterranean game of cat and mouse beneath the streets of the French capital, cataflics hunt cataphiles in the city’s prohibited labyrinths

For centuries, the city has had an inclusive relationship what locals call the femminielli, celebrating the joy and glamour of the third sex