For all his apparently endless faults, we have just witnessed the passing of one of music’s true geniuses

In July 2005 Donald Trump became my best, new friend

View from Oxford: whether Rhodes falls or stands there will come from competing corners criticism, ridicule, and contempt

For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it

The Bavarian Radio singers’ command of English will have to improve when Sir Simon Rattle arrives to take over

Dinah Casson’s book will inspire and galvanise anyone involved in British provincial museums

Who deserves to live in ignominy and who deserves a path back?

Sir Bill Cash has achieved his political life’s ambition of restoring British sovereignty – did he ever think it would happen and is it ‘case closed’?

The ability to predict musical developments far in advance suggests different expressions of a single underlying logic of tonality

The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them