Ivana Kohutková is the editor-in-chief of fjúžn magazine, named after the festival about foreigners and minorities in Slovakia, organised by the Milan Šimečka Foundation. The festival has been held in Slovakia for 19 years. Michal Novotný, better known…

John Major, the former Conservative Prime Minister, is a good and decent man. A politician of conviction and substance. I didn’t always hold that view. But his stature has grown in my estimation over the years. Unlike his successors he held firm agains…

Woke ideology is threatening to take over British schools after a pupil was punished for questioning the use of non-binary pronouns for their teacher. Speaking to GB News, a concerned parent claimed the conflict began when the pupil, who is in Year 9, …

By Ewan Murray Whether it be FIFA or its successor EA FC, one thing has always been the same on football’s most lucrative video game: pace is king. No matter what changes EA Sports make from year to year, speed is always of paramount importance when pl…

By Ewan Murray Europe and South America continue to be the biggest powerhouses in world football but other continents are starting to catch up to the traditional top dogs. Asia is an example of a continent obsessed with football, especially in the far …

By Tom Gott Toni Kroos has confirmed he agreed a deal to join Manchester United in 2014 before David Moyes was sacked as manager. Kroos departed Bayern Munich for Real Madrid that summer but the German’s switch to the Santiago Bernabeu was only possibl…

A town centre gripped by retail crimes is fighting back with a small battalion of ordinary people doing it for themselves and their futures. Despite a rise in shop theft, violence and antisocial behaviour there is now an upsurge in determination to out…

Gillingham manager Mark Bonner hopes the man he replaced gets the reception he deserves this weekend. Stephen Clemencewas sacked at the end of last season by the Gills and replaced by Bonner, but the bond between managers is strong. Clemence – whose ta…

A Medway councillor has suggested a way to make local government more effective in Kent is to remove all small councils and create one Kent-wide unitary authority – along with a number of changes to how council tax is raised. On the Kent Politics Podca…

There is still more to come from red-hot Faversham, boss Tommy Warrilow has warned. The title-chasing Southern Counties East League Premier Division Lilywhites delivered a thumping 5-1 win at Bearsted on Tuesday. That came after they had raced into a f…