When is a handshake a bad idea? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The John Terry-Anton Ferdinand situation has led to handshakes being cancelled. Let's consider the rights and wrongs of the ritualThere will be no pre-match handshakes at Sunday's Chelsea-QPR fixture, owing to the ongoing legal case over John Terry's a...
When is a handshake a bad idea? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The John Terry-Anton Ferdinand situation has led to handshakes being cancelled. Let's consider the rights and wrongs of the ritualThere will be no pre-match handshakes at Sunday's Chelsea-QPR fixture, owing to the ongoing legal case over John Terry's a...
When is a handshake a bad idea? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The John Terry-Anton Ferdinand situation has led to handshakes being cancelled. Let's consider the rights and wrongs of the ritualThere will be no pre-match handshakes at Sunday's Chelsea-QPR fixture, owing to the ongoing legal case over John Terry's a...
When is a handshake a bad idea? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The John Terry-Anton Ferdinand situation has led to handshakes being cancelled. Let's consider the rights and wrongs of the ritualThere will be no pre-match handshakes at Sunday's Chelsea-QPR fixture, owing to the ongoing legal case over John Terry's a...
Welcome to Kiev: city of beautiful women and a prospering sex industry | Natalia Antonova
The Ukrainian capital has been billed as the top destination for beautiful women. But its sex industry is a less attractive affairGreat news! Kiev, the city of my birth, has been ranked by Traveler's Digest as number one – as far as the presence of "...
Twitter reaction to Ched Evans case shows rape culture is alive and kicking | Amanda Bancroft
Some tweets directed at the woman raped by Evans may be punishable, but the attitudes that led to them need tacklingOn Friday afternoon, the Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a 19-year-old woman. His ...
In praise of … the 3pm kick-off
Thanks to television, the top teams play morning, noon and night, and on most days of the weekSince the start of 2012, Manchester United have played 18 football matches. Of these, just one has kicked off at 3pm on a Saturday. A generation ago, anything...
Policing: neighbourhood watch | Editorial
At the heart of the way Britain is policed is that it is a matter not of force but of consentOn Friday, the South Yorkshire police authority debated extending the policing role of community support officers in order to free up police officers. In an er...
Mario Balotelli and Mancini feel the love – and fans love a messy soap opera | Rodge Glass
Public humiliation is a great leveller, and the more we focus on the troubles of others the less we have to engage with our ownThis week's Mario Balotelli controversy has been revealing. Not because of what it says about him – most observers already ...
We should take pride in the health service that has cared for Fabrice Muamba so well
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are usually due to heart attacks or secondary causes, such as respiratory problems, drugs or trauma. But Fabrice Muamba's case required specialist careEven as someone whose job involves treating patients with life-threat...
Fabrice Muamba: moving evidence that there is still graciousness in football | Observer editorial
The reaction to the player's plight, both at the Bolton Wanderers' match and around the world, proves that the game does have dignityWe are used to hearing that there is no place for sentiment in the "global business" of football, that greed and money ...
Ukraine’s chaos threatens to engulf Euro 2012 | Kris Kotarski