Before my mind was turned to the subject of my title, I started to write a piece called “Are the Dead Nostalgic?” It’s a ...

The players walked out to the Flower of Scotland tune and there was a chorus of applause as Sir Alex Ferguson laid a wreath on the half-way line. A poem was read out in his honour.

Since most of the ceasefire news is about the big players, today I offer two humbler souls, one from either side, who have ...

Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday outside the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported.