Opinion

After 11 years, Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts has reopened with a nod to its glorious past but eyes firmly on the future

The lives of the early 20th-century gentry who fled to safety – but also to poverty – in Paris

Named after its creator, the theremin became one of the sounds of the 20th century, from The Day the Earth Stood Still to Scooby Doo

Italy's answer to Elvis has proven that it's often the most unlikely of experiments that make for a successful career

Is Union Berlin a German Leicester City in the making? Unlikely. But, this won't stop them trying

Empires rise and fall, and yet Bake Off remains on our screens. Yet, across the pond commentators recently took aim at Mexico week

UK manufacturing is reeling from a double whammy of Brexit idiocy, and the future looks scary

Rishi Sunak's role as master of PR and the art of being super-rich makes him poorly suited for public life

Why is Britain in such a mess? It’s written in the stars of course…

A new Italian heist movie toys, Tarantino–style, with the story of Mussolini's treasure

There is only a cynical, poorly-run immigration system. And that’s the government’s fault

I’m just a few months away from my first chance to vote. But instead of great anticipation all I feel is hopelessness

The new prime minister is showing every sign of going down the same path as Boris Johnson

The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere

It's a period film. It's a monster movie. It's a martial arts picture. It's Brotherhood Of The Wolf and its improbable global cult status is long overdue

A new generation of Gaeilgeóirí, or Irish language-speakers, are pushing for their rights in Northern Ireland in a cultural revival that could bring communities closer

As another election, rows over the Protocol and a febrile atmosphere between unionists and republicans overshadow the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement looms, can its message of reconciliation be resurrected?

The co-option of queerness by capitalism is perhaps the most sterile union imaginable: giving birth only to merch rather than masterpieces

How much longer does the country have to suffer this catastrophe of a government?

Ridiculed by Jack Grealish, "playing like Miguel Ángel Almirón" suddenly looks like something to be envied

Another Tory farce has diminished the UK’s standing in the world. But could better times be ahead?

Macron wants a reset, but unravelling the country’s tangled legacy in the continent is proving harder than it sounds

The pan-European Volt Europa is targeting a breakthrough at the 2024 Euro elections. Do they have a chance?

Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth

The Labour leader needs to work out what his offer to business is

The New World’s witch trials are infamous. But the most brutal outbreaks of Satanic panic took place in what is now southern Germany

For the moment, Scholz's plan appears to have worked. But, Germany's energy problem isn't solved yet

The Kerch Strait bridge will never be the same again. The patched-up bridge may end up looking like the original, but it will now have very different connotations

Donald Trump and Liz Truss have more in common than first meets the eye. Above all, their loyalties used to lie elsewhere

Liz Truss has joined the ranks of Tory PMs who fell partly or wholly thanks to internal posturing over the continent. Will Sunak be next?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it