Boris Nemtsov

Sarah Rainsford joins the long list of foreign correspondents banned from Russia

10 August 2024 9:00 am

After decades of writing about Russian affairs, Rainsford now finds herself persona non grata – but admits she no longer feels nostalgia for the country

Portrait of the week

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Home Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, said that ‘a huge burden of responsibility’ lay with those who acted as apologists…

Lunch with Max Beerbohm’s brother’s grandson

14 March 2015 9:00 am

It’s a silly, chippy complex, I know, but I often feel, on the rare occasions that I am induced to…

Portrait of the week

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Home The man seen in several Islamic State videos of hostages being beheaded, nicknamed Jihadi John by the British press,…