Leeds 2023: city to kick off year-long festival with ‘epic’ opening ceremony
Organisers plough on with plans after Brexit meant Leeds missed chance to be European capital of culture
June 2022
Why bankers close their ears to the ‘climate nut jobs’ talking about the end of the world
Nick Cohen
An investor’s rant gives an insight into the City’s short-termist view of the environment crisis
March 2020
Can Galway fare better than Derry as a capital of culture?
Richard Brooks
Galway 2020 gets off to a suitably stormy start. Plus, the home-improving power of Parasite
February 2020
'We're playing to the world': Galway's European capital of culture year kicks off
Galway 2020 promises everything from Margaret Atwood to art with local asylum-seekers. Its organisers and artists talk about building bridges and creating a lasting legacy for Irish artists
September 2019
'Barcelona with rain': Galway promises deluge of culture
Irish city welcomes Atwood and celebrates Homer as 2020 European capital of culture
April 2019
Homophobia scandal hits Plovdiv, Bulgaria's European capital of culture
Politicians in the city are seeking to halt a photography exhibition called Balkan Pride
January 2019
Culture awards must go to Britain’s most deprived towns
Letters: Paul Baker says a celebration of town-based culture needn’t focus on highbrow festival towns, and Peter Dewar says Glasgow’s status as a powerhouse of art long predates its 1990 stint as European culture
December 2018
The Guardian view on Yvette Cooper’s ‘town of culture’ proposal: a fine idea
Editorial: Instituting a UK ‘town of culture’ award alongside the existing ‘city of culture’ title might look like a desperate post-Brexit search for meaning. But the idea could bring real benefits to Britain’s communities
September 2018
Is Matera’s crumbling beauty ready for its year in Europe’s cultural sun?
Roads and venues remain unbuilt as the southern Italian city struggles to be the 2019 capital of culture
May 2018
Dutch city uses penis fountain to rebel against art project
Fountain which squirts when toilet is flushed is protest against use of non-local artists for Leeuwarden project
April 2018
Valletta on view: Malta's capital shows off its cultural side
With a new flagship gallery and music galore, the 2018 joint European Capital of Culture is putting on more than enough exciting events to shake off its pretty-but-sleepy tag
December 2017
UK city of culture 2021: five contenders wait to hear if they have won
Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Sunderland, Coventry and Paisley all hope for economic boost from status
November 2017
EU rules British cities cannot be capitals of culture
Decision dashes hopes of cities such as Dundee and Leeds, which were preparing bids costing hundreds of thousands of pounds
October 2017
European capital of culture 2023: UK cities submit final bids
Belfast and Derry, Dundee, Milton Keynes, Leeds and Nottingham in the running despite Brexit
June 2017
The miracle of Matera: from city of poverty and squalor to hip hub for cave-dwellers
One of Italy’s most deprived cities – so lacking hope that God was said to keep well away – is now an Airbnb hotspot and set to be European capital of culture
February 2017
Malta's secret tunnels: inside the newly discovered underworld of Valletta
Malta’s picturesque capital has been used as the set of Gladiator, Troy and King’s Landing in Game of Thrones – but it is also riven by subterranean passages that go back to the legendary Knights of Malta. As the city prepares to be European Capital of Culture, should the tunnels be opened to the public?
July 2016
Galway festival 2016: 'a powerhouse of ideas and innovation'
Ireland’s international festival has shown the merits of merging different art forms while reawakening enthusiasm for a much-reprised Beckett classic
December 2015
San Sebastian: in the limelight
Food lovers know it well, but in 2016 the Basque city will be showing off its artistic side with more than 400 projects planned to mark its year as Europe’s Capital of Culture
January 2015
Van Gogh the preacher? New show to explore artist’s life before painting
Mons: it's the European capital of culture – but locals just want to go to Ikea
