Eurofile

Arte: a channel for Europe in the UK

The UK arrival of a European broadcasting and filmmaking powerhouse should be welcomed with open arms

Why Black art matters

An exhibition of ten British African artists in Cambridge challenges and inspires, writes RICHARD HOLLEDGE

Meet the luvvies who loved, and hated, Brexit

As his new book of celebrity encounters
is launched, TIM WALKER
remembers some
memorable interviews
with those on both sides
of the EU divide

Why Black art matters

An exhibition of ten British African artists in Cambridge challenges and inspires, writes RICHARD HOLLEDGE

Hondalea: Where art can be found amidst the abyss

A stunning new sculpture in a disused
Spanish lighthouse seems to
offer a portal to the earth’s
core.

Multicultural Man: On an art house

WILL SELF on his visit Stephen Wright’s House of Dreams and its extraordinary insider-outsider artwork

The tale of how Picasso’s art went primal

FLORENCE HALLETT investigates how the painter’s discovery of ancient
Iberian art changed his work forever.

The most expensive (and glittering) feud in history

Bernard Arnault and François Pinault, two of France’s richest men and the powers behind some of the world’s most glamourous brands, fell out in a business dispute 20 years ago.

Why Bristol is the street art city

A new exhibition shows how Bristol’s love of what used to be called graffiti art fuelled a global movement

The greatest characters in European literature

CHARLIE CONNELLY comes up with the first half of his rundown of the top 20.

Meet the luvvies who loved, and hated, Brexit

As his new book of celebrity encounters
is launched, TIM WALKER
remembers some
memorable interviews
with those on both sides
of the EU divide

The reluctant celebrity of Sally Rooney

The superstar novelist has had some very searching write-ups over her wary approach to her own fame. CHARLIE CONNELLY explains why authors often make such uncomfortable celebrities

How Tobias Smollett became the father of broad British humour

One writer not only pioneered
satire, but also the literary feud, writes CHARLIE CONNELLY

History of the Caucasus: Thunder in the mountains at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border

The celebrated explorer and historian Christoph Baumer’s History of the Caucasus: Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires is released at a moment of crisis for the region, as tensions rise on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Here, he sets the scene for the current problems while sharing images from his sweeping, beautifully illustrated new book.

The Green Knight: A tale of sex, seduction and beheading

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the mysterious
14th century Arthurian epic poem behind a now delayed blockbuster movie

The year the Isle of Wight Festival became notorious

The Isle of Wight Festival is the foundation of British festival music. But in 1970, infamous events took place on ‘Devastation Hill’

Is the protest song dead?

Not if the reformed, revived, stripped-down The Specials have anything to say about it.

Mikis Theodorakis: Zorba the Greek’s rebel composer

The composer prime minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the “universal Greek” died last week. Few have had the relationship with revolution that Theodorakis did, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

An alternative anthem gives Russians the golden touch

This summer, Tchaikovsky’s Piano
Concerto No. 1 was reimagined on the Olympic field for Russian athletes, writes Sophia Deboick

From the Sex Pistols to The Smiths: What happens when bands fall out?

As John Lydon comes to terms with a
failed legal battle against other former Sex Pistols, ADAM BEHR considers the sociology of bands. What brings them together and what tears them apart?

Tractors and Detractors: how Europe’s last dictator became parodied by a ska punk band

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus joins the ranks of dictators who have been musically mocked, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

Meet the luvvies who loved, and hated, Brexit

As his new book of celebrity encounters
is launched, TIM WALKER
remembers some
memorable interviews
with those on both sides
of the EU divide

Arte: a channel for Europe in the UK

The UK arrival of a European broadcasting and filmmaking powerhouse should be welcomed with open arms

The Big Picture: A tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo

It’s impossible to think of European cinema without Jean-Paul Belmondo

Film comes back to life at the Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival brings the return of huge movies… but JASON SOLOMONS prefers European masters and a Soho surprise

Anna May Wong: the eternal outsider

The pioneering Chinese-American actor who fled early Hollywood for Europe to escape her stereotyping as a tragic Butterfly or treacherous Dragon Lady.