To put it gently, West German cinema in the 1950s was not of the highest quality. In Heimatfilme, or homeland films, men in lederhosen and women in dirndls had safe, romantic adventures in unspoilt ...

Appointment of contentious politician to manage finances of vital province reveals party’s loosening grip at local level ...

Also in today’s newsletter: what Sunderland says about women’s football, cricket’s vote of confidence in the Gulf as a sports ...

Italian group looks to sustain sales boom with hyper bespoke vessels including its latest built around a living tree ...

American and Iranian negotiators have arrived in Islamabad for talks aimed at ending the war in the Gulf. Tehran and Washington have never held direct bilateral negotiations. It i ...

Disorder in London and other cities threatens public sense of order, even though it may fall short of widespread criminality ...

Dubai, the most populous of the United Arab Emirates, is the destination of choice for south Asians and westerners hungry for ...

Orbán’s defeat would deprive nationalist conservatives across the world of a champion. Opponents see Sunday’s vote as a chance to halt autocracy ...

Regime accounts have saturated feeds with snarky online propaganda since US and Israel started bombing campaign ...

Also, I adore vintage American restaurants, so I thought Old LA, here I come: Frank Lloyd Wright plus Musso & Frank’s Grill, Dan Tana’s, Taylor’s of Koreatown, Canter’s Deli. Bring it on. I spent ...

But a huge increase in leisure — from shorter working weeks, from smaller families, from labour-saving tech — should have been a force for general contentment.  Instead, it seems to have had two ...

Inheritance tax is charged at a rate of 40 per cent above a tax-free amount of £325,000 per person. There is also an ...