21 October: Hot Air?

The former Conservative MP, who left the party for Change UK, is swapping the Commons for the courtroom. Now, she tells TIM WALKER why she doesn't miss parliament, how Sir David Amess will be remembered and why she won't despair in democracy.

It's the most important conference on the planet, yet already its organisation is being labelled as farce in the making.

Netflix hit Squid Game is only one manifestation of how South Korea has exported its artistic output across the globe. SUNA ERDEM reports on an unlikely success story that also exposes the country’s dark hinterland

The films of Wes Anderson always boast highly detailed retro design. Now fans can put themselves directly into scenes from his new release, The French Dispatch.

The Tories appear to be exploiting a weakness in humans, where they will tolerate pain and suffering over comfort.

The former Conservative MP, who left the party for Change UK, is swapping the Commons for the courtroom. Now, she tells TIM WALKER why she doesn't miss parliament, how Sir David Amess will be remembered and why she won't despair in democracy.

Every week throughout Black History Month this October, The New European is celebrating those who have broken hard ground in the ongoing journey towards a prejudice-free society.

In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his experience in Ireland talking British politics.

It's the most important conference on the planet, yet already its organisation is being labelled as farce in the making.

Global tensions mean self-interest as much as collaboration will be key to cracking climate change. 

Ahead of the COP26 conference, one reader has a suggestion for Boris Johnson's government to help Britain tackle climate change.

Netflix hit Squid Game is only one manifestation of how South Korea has exported its artistic output across the globe. SUNA ERDEM reports on an unlikely success story that also exposes the country’s dark hinterland

The country has a reputation for doing things better. But Berlin’s disastrous new airport shows that given a chance, it can stuff things up just as badly as everyone else.

There is no official recognition for the prime minister's wife, and Boris Johnson 'wants to fix that'.

The pro-Brexit Daily Express has been quick to complain about 'expats' having to go back to where they once came from...

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

Fifty years ago this month, the House of Commons voted for Edward Heath’s plan to take Britain into the common market. For a notoriously reticent PM it was a night of extreme emotion. The UK’s tragedy is that he never conveyed that emotion to the nation.

The Black Eyed Peas star is going on a 'quest to find out more about the lives of Black Britons'.

JASON SOLOMONS wraps up the best of the London Film Festival.

The films of Wes Anderson always boast highly detailed retro design. Now fans can put themselves directly into scenes from his new release, The French Dispatch.

Music reflects society. For Italy, this has meant the birth of a genre that's rife with scandal.

The story carefully, and cleverly, portrays domestic abuse, making it one of the more worthwhile Netflix originals of late

He is best known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, but Japan’s Hokusai also produced an extraordinary ‘encyclopedia’ of art. Lost for decades, it is now the subject of a blockbuster exhibition at the British Museum.

An exhibition in Oxford explores the creativity and chaos of the Japanese capital.

Sir Ian McKellen proves there are no small parts, only small actors in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

The little-known writer was responsible for one of literature's truly great landmarks.

The Egyptian footballer, dubbed The Egyptian King by Liverpudlians, is a fine man and even finer player, writes ROB HUGHES

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a sweet treat from Italy, to be enjoyed at any time

PETER TRUDGILL on a coastline and a corner of Colombia that seems forever English-speaking

His work stood out amongst Post-Impressionism, but the artist was still crippled by a lack of self-belief

WILL SELF on the James Bond actor's comments on his fondness of gay bars