Robin Ashenden

Lent was designed to be a time of prayer and reflection, of turning inwards and away from the flesh

The opposition leader’s life — whatever its occasional missteps — was a model of self-sacrificing courage

Russia’s ‘Red Ripper’ Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of fifty-two murders in 1992

As I get older, all these cars seemed to have merged in my fantasies — the latest to have caught my attention is a Jaguar XK8

Under Boris Yeltsin there was rampant crime and economic crisis, but also free speech and optimism