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Cornish was doomed after Latin was banished from church services in favour of English during the 1500s

‘Pippo’ soared to fame alongside Maria Callas in the 1950s but his playboy lifestyle ultimately led to the loss of his golden voice

Restaurateurs in Grisciano are on a ‘promotion mission’ to tell Pasta alla Gricia's origin tale to tourists

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

Francis Picabia was derided for wartime nudes with a worryingly Aryan aspect. But a new exhibition of later work suggests we may need to re-evaluate him

Robert De Niro, in his first regular television role, is extremely entertaining in Netflix's pacey riff on hypermodern cyberwarfare

While many cities in Spain struggle to cope with the effects of mass tourism, Benidorm’s sustainable model allows it to flourish

Irmin Schmidt on the hypnotic chemistry of Can, Europe's most influential band

A new film celebrates Martin Parr, recorder of the mischief and tenderness of British working class life

The third instalment of Mike White's acclaimed series is back with its usual love of mystery, lurking lust and dark humour

If even just one place were to open in a big city, and start offering decently priced, unfussy French bistro classics, they would become gazillionaires in a matter of weeks

At a time when cyclists had begun to resemble machines, Pantani was almost impossibly human, unable to conceal his emotions

When is a cabbage not a cabbage? When it’s a kool sla. How Dutch influence shaped both ‘coleslaw’ and ‘cookie’ in American English

The original great European cookbooks may be filled with recipes that we no longer use, but they take us back to the past in a poignant way

What might be most enamouring about the gourmet bistro in Trondheim is that it doesn’t share the ludicrous prices of some of its more famous Scandi counterparts

The ancient city of Palmyra was shattered by Islamic State. Now a Syrian artist is rebuilding it on her computer

A new exhibition on tour around the country reveals how a bloody Roman pastime took root here

Damien Hirst’s work is stale, insular, highly lucrative. Why were we ever taken in by him?

A new futurist exhibition, Breaking Lines: Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry, offers a warning about alliances with fascism

The world’s second-biggest annual beer festival, surprisingly, takes place in Blumenau, Brazil’s ‘garden city’

The celebrated Guide’s choices are becoming predictable at a time when British food has plenty of exciting stories to tell

Tim Fehlbaum takes a journalistic approach to his account of the terrorist massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics

The man who played Freddie Mercury stuns in an Oedipus revival

Even if the Democrats manage to get the presidency back in 2028 there is no real sense that things could return to normal for the US

Her career as one of the world’s leading operatic sopranos often came second to gushing entreaties to her ravishing appearance

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

If Donald Trump really wants to take control of this Danish territory, he’ll need to get to grips with Inuit or Old Norse

A compilation of European literature, compiled by the son of Thomas Mann, is a reminder of the continent’s cultural power

One of the highest places of worship in Europe, a cathedral in south-central France happens to be the perfect place to cure fine pork

Cherished and controversial, Sanremo is Eurovision... but turned up to eleven