Let us savour this round of Premier League action, readers (and to Serie A supporters, I apologise), because then the international break will kick off again, and without even a CR7 to analyse. In Manchester they are singing Venditti, while in Italy there is debate over Totti’s prostate.

The Agency for Cinema and Audiovisual Media has been established, having been unanimously approved thanks in part to the efforts of Pupi Avati. Last year, the 88-year-old director, speaking from the stage at the David di Donatello Awards, specifically asked Meloni and Schlein to get in touch, meet up or have a phone call to ‘save Italian cinema’.

From France to the United States, no capitalist country has developed without the condemnation and anti-modern criticism of its finest intellectuals. We, on the other hand, have feared our classical humanist past as a burden from which we must free ourselves in order to be, or appear to be, in step with the times

The change at the helm of the European Central Bank could not have come at a worse time. And in order to ‘manage’ expectations, carefully calibrated communication with the financial markets is required

The war with Iran is in the background, whilst the Israelis are assessing their relationship with Trump.