Woefully leaky Fulham are on course to concede 100 goals, and is it nearly time for Álvaro Morata and Chelsea to part ways? 1) Fulham’s defensive record borders on embarrassing On the eve of the new...

Russia is not a footballing country, the former trainer for the national side Leonid Slutsky infamously alleged in 2016. His proof was simple: look at the poor attendance despite billions of rubles poured into new marquee...

In 1863, the French artist Édouard Manet painted Olympia, a reclining nude prostitute, shedding a scandalous light on Parisian brothel culture. But while much of the attention has been on the white model in the painting, Victorine...

Halfway through Tate Britain’s loving homage to the Victorian “visionary” Edward Burne-Jones I was startled to see a painting I gave a damn about. It’s a portrait of William Graham, colonial businessman, Liberal MP and art collector. His emaciated,...

In early 2017, Ismaele La Vardera, a 22-year-old Sicilian journalist, surprised the Italian political scene when he announced his candidacy for mayor in the southern city of Palermo. Even more surprising was his decision to stand...

A senior Labour MP has called on Conservative whips to identify party colleagues who use “vile and dehumanising language” towards Theresa May, after a weekend during which there were suggestions the prime minister should be knifed and...

The Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has called the son of Jamal Khashoggi to express condolences on the death of the journalist, who was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in disputed circumstances. King Salman made...

Briton Leon Koffi had only been living in Bulgaria for five months when, in late September, he took an evening stroll with two friends in the capital, Sofia. Koffi knew nothing about Bulgarian football, less still...

Having done nothing to implement its new defence strategy, Moldova seems bent on turning a blind eye to growing threats to its security. Moldova is still failing to reform and strengthen its defence system, experts have...

The Bosnian court sentenced former Federation entity MP and agriculture minister Jerko Ivankovic Lijanovic to 12 years in prison for organised crime, money laundering and tax fraud. The Bosnian state court on Monday sentenced Jerko Ivanovic...