RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FOR some reason it amuses me that two of the ...

Philosophy and soccer don’t spring to mind as natural cultural bedfellows. There are notable exceptions, though. One example is the glorious Monty Python sketch, known as “International Philosophy”, ...

The English gave us the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Monty Python… but this is a football match.” This week, Pablo Quirno, Argentina’s foreign minister, raised again Britain’s sovereign claims to the ...

WHY does our new PM never say a single word about the strivers in this country? It’s been a while since Andy Burnham’s bloodless coup. And while it is brilliant that the Prime Minister loves to ...

The art of TV comedy is distilled into its purest essence in the format of a sketch show. Sketch comedies have been entertaining viewers at home since the 1940s, when variety shows like Texaco Star ...

The former England manager may be remembered by many for his ‘I’d love it’ rant in 1996, but that should not obscure the remarkable nature of his football career ...

There have been some memorable moments in this World Cup. The way in which Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper Vozinha went around the pitch after losing to Argentina, lifting despondent players back on ...

“The British are coming,” trumpeted Chariots Of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland infamously at the 1982 Oscars. In truth “the British” were already there. They’d been making movies for over a century, ...

Last month, Paste began its big, multi-month project: picking the greatest songs of all time. The plan is to go decade by decade and choose our favorite singles and deep cuts before producing one ...