Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890–1960) is undoubtedly one of the major Russian poets and writers of the twentieth century. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his death, an edition of his ...

But how can Trump do such a thing? How can he switch off military support for Ukraine – and then look those casualties in the face? Yesterday the people of Ukraine woke to survey the wreckage ...

Boris Johnson says Donald Trump is the only man who has the capability to perusade Vladimir Putin into signing a peace deal with Ukraine. In his Daily Mail column, the former Prime Minister ...

Long before chess acquired its relatively new-found glamour in the world of sport, with big money, high-profile sponsorships, flashy tournaments, and extensive media coverage, Boris Spassky was a ...

Boris Pasternak put his signature on every page he wrote. His lyric poems, letters, memoirs brim with personal feeling. Even Dr Zhivago is as much autobiography as epic. By contrast his son Evgeny, ...

Boris Johnson is one of the “most damaging prime ministers” in British history and would not be welcome in the ranks of Reform UK, the insurgent party’s chairman has declared. Zia Yusuf, the ...

Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion in the history of chess, breathed his last in Moscow on Thursday at the age of 88. For the world at large, Spassky’s is the name that lives on in hyphenated ...

The dramatic twists and turns of the leading figures of the avant-garde during the Russian Revolution.

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess legend, has passed away at 88, the Russian Chess Federation announced. Best known for the iconic 1972 “Match of the Century” against Bobby Fischer, Spassky’s showdown ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.

MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson could make a spectacular return to Parliament, according to a close political ally. He could be the Conservative candidate in a Runcorn and Helsby by-election ...