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If you think that football is the international game, think again. If you think it’s athletics, or chess, or tiddlywinks, well, you’re still...

It was a great start to the day to read a piece about the behaviour of a group of parents and teachers in Madrid. Not in a Spanish paper bu...

Benjamin Franklin came up with many pithy sayings that have become proverbs, such as, “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, ...

I get these enthusiasms, sometimes. I really ought to learn to resist them. They only ever get me into trouble. Our neighbourhood meets n...

A great many nations must be looking at New Zealand and envying that country its outstanding Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Arde...

My good friend Fabio is Milanese. As a native of the great city of Rome, I tend to think of Milan as South Austrian. You know, things happen...

“The TV News is lying to us. I get my information from Facebook, friends and social networks.” An interesting comment. Many people in the ...

Early in August, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Spanish Ambassador to protest at the seizing of the oil tanker Grace 1 in Spanis...

First, a short cautionary tale for our times. The top man in an organisation appoints a friend as a senior executive. She proves a most lo...

Donald Tusk, President of the EU Council, wondered this week about the ‘special place in hell … for those who promoted Brexit without even a...