Stéphane Grappelli: The violinist who changed the face of jazz in Europe
There was no other with his extraordinary improvising in the medium
Sounds of isolation – why musicians flock to Iceland
Vast, desolate and magically odd – what is it about Iceland that makes musicians so desperate to record there?
The joy of revolution: the enduring power of Man with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov’s film changed cinema and outlasted the USSR – now it’s raising awareness of Ukraine’s fight
Defender of the faith: Picasso’s grandson assesses the troubled legacy of a legend
An anniversary year has featured as many scorching takedowns of Picasso’s character as it has paeans to his genius
Volcanoes: Nature’s fire and brimstone
Europeans have a long held fascination with volcanoes. But no one knows when or where the next potentially deadly eruption will occur
Turkey has a long history with Gaza
Erdoğan is risking alienating Israel, a crucial trade partner, to please his voter base
When the circus (and lion) came to town in Italy
Despite recent events, the vast majority of Italians are opposed to using animals in circuses
What do the French make of Napoleon?
Ridley Scott’s epic didn’t exactly win over viewers in France
The F word: when does populism become fascism?
How close are populist leaders like Geert Wilders to fitting Umberto Eco’s definition of fascist traits?
Britain is importing European colour into its culture
Southend’s adoption of European culture cannot fix all its problems but it is having shocking social impacts
Our dire economic situation began with the Thatcher years
Europe may have led the Tories to destroy themselves, but Thatcher had already set in motion the destruction of the country
Unless we unite now to stop them, populists can win anywhere
This lesson is as old as the 1930s but clearly it takes a long time to learn
We need to reconsider the idea of ‘the banality of evil’
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was anything but banal. His case is an apt reminder of how evil agents can deflect accountability
Does Geert Wilders’s election mean Nexit is on the horizon?
Wilders promised a vote on the Netherlands’ EU membership. But the grass isn’t always greener…
One year on, Kherson is still bombarded by Russian forces and misses its younger residents
Venturing out onto the city’s streets carries danger. But there is little reason to go out anyway
Study: clever people were more likely to vote Remain
A report has found a significant correlation between cognitive ability and voting preference in the 2016 referendum
Wilders’ win in Holland is a seismic shock
Geert Wilders and his party have taken hate into the mainstream
A Sunday hunting Bernie Gunther in Berlin
A walk in the footsteps of Philip Kerr’s fictional detective, who cracked cases and heads in Nazi-era and cold war Berlin
Where are France’s missing marchers?
Young people’s snubbing of a massive Paris rally against antisemitism must sound a warning for Europe’s left
The Sánchez strategy that Biden must copy
The US president must take a leaf out of the Spanish prime minister’s book and focus on social justice and saving democracy
Versailles 1973: The World Cup of fashion
Fifty years ago at the Palace of Versailles, French and American designers went head-to-head as the likes of Liza Minelli, Princess Grace, Andy Warhol and Rudolf Nureyev looked on
Waiting for the volcano has put Iceland in lava limbo
Icelanders are watching and wondering – will lava streams erupt in the high street?
Come and find Valencia’s Chinese tapas bars
Valencia is home to nearly 15,000 Chinese nationals and their culinary influence shows
Climate change has driven India’s rabbitfish to Cyprus
Having said this, it’s certainly one of the tastier ways of responding to climate change
My first day outside of Britain
Back in 1975, the experience of travelling abroad broadened my mind – a foreign concept for Mark Francois
Brexit has wiped Britain off the map
Brussels spares little time to think of the UK, and the waters of the North Sea really are closing over the British
Germansplaining: Germany’s budget bother
Breaking with their stereotype, the country’s fiscal responsibility has gone awry
The Netherlands is sleepwalking towards the general election
A dreary campaign is entirely in keeping with the country’s political process
Sánchez’s return as Spain’s PM is messy – but it punctures the narrative of Europe moving rightwards
The amnesty causing outrage in Madrid is no different to what happened with Blair and Northern Ireland
Political pantomime season is here
A debate on reversing Brexit is moving from the Edinburgh Fringe to the London stage
Harriet Backer’s music of light
Celebrating a rediscovery of the Norwegian realist who used colour combinations ‘like chords sounding in perfect harmony’
The great divide by the seaside
A German’s documentary about an end-of-the-pier show in Norfolk might be the best movie yet about Brexit
Franz Joseph I: The Emperor who ushered in the end of the Habsburg Empire
The blame for the end of a glorious imperial story cannot be laid solely at his feet, but the longer he lived the more anachronistic his rule became
Spain faces an amnesty, a shooting and a new coalition
Party leaders will have plenty of political ammunition during their next stint in opposition
I bought a house in Sardinia for one euro (almost)
Italy’s one-euro homes may be more trouble than they’re worth
The Israel-Hamas war heightens divisions in France
The rising tensions were far from an ideal atmosphere for an international sporting competition
Bologna is hungry for change
The city, known for its food and politics, is demanding a better future for its younger generations
Germansplaining: Time to celebrate St Martin
To my delight, this Germanic tradition lives on across Europe
Millions of Europeans have the right to roam – so why don’t we in Britain?
Labour’s short-sighted u-turn on open access to the countryside continues the unfair status quo
Ukrainian women are risking their lives to head home for better reproductive healthcare
They fled Putin’s invasion – but now lack of access and racism are forcing women to head back towards the conflict
Legends of a fall: Justine Triet’s courtroom victory
Why twisty French thriller Anatomy of a Fall is tipped to win the Best Picture Oscar
True artist or con artist? The story of Take the Money and Run
Jens Haaning’s fans call the stunt a daring conceptual piece of satire. However, a Danish court says it’s a crime
The greatest European autobiography of all?
He wrote three operas with Mozart and ended up working at a grocers in New York City: meet Lorenzo da Ponte
Radical acts of resistance: women in the Paris Avantgarde
A new exhibition in Basel aims to put women at the centre of the previously male-dominated Fauvism movement
Robert Enke: The goalkeeper taunted by the cruelty of depression
For all the cod philosophy attached to the art, being a goalkeeper did not cause the Germany international to end his life
Giorgia Meloni’s stagnant first year
Italy has a history of premiers not completing their tenure. Will Meloni be any different?
Serbia’s president is full of baloney – literally
Aleksandar Vučić’s sandwich PR stunt showed Serbians he’s all bark and no bite
Trappist beers migrate to England
Now you can try your first Belgian beer closer to home
Germansplaining: Our relationship with poppies
Remembrance feels more important than ever this year
Aldo Moro: The body in the boot and a long hunt for answers
Conspiracy theory surrounds the 1978 kidnap and killing of the former Italian prime minister in the centre of Rome