Artillery Row

Producer, Genius, Madman, Murderer – what will Phil Spector’s true legacy be?

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

The Donald and me

In July 2005 Donald Trump became my best, new friend

Will Cecil Rhodes survive the baying mob?

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

Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius

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

Edward Elgar: Partsongs, From the Bavarian Highlands (BR Klassik)

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

Museums need to refocus on their collections

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

Letter from Washington: The curious case of Senator Lankford

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

The indefatigable Bill Cash

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 musical prophets that could see into the future

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

Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?

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