TALKING A GOOD GAME

In a prisoner-of-war camp in western Ukraine, a former miner from the east is being interviewed about how he ended up fighting for Russia. His speech is slurred and one arm paralysed: the results not

When cycling’s your job, real-world skills remain frozen in time

THE ALPINE EXPRESS

Three wins in six days Down Under for British sprinters, reports Adam Becket

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi