Artillery Row
Burgundy week doesn’t have to be cancelled
Red or white, these Burgundys are the kind of joyous wines that make life a little more bearable
Syria’s war on drugs
Syria’s drug problem undermines the rule of law, empowers militia leaders, and shifts money away from a legitimate economy
The talented (if very odd) Patricia Highsmith
On the 100th anniversary of her birth, Highsmith remains one of the great uncompromising writers of the last century
The Northern Ireland Protocol
David Scullion speaks to the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson MP
What the Protocol border inside the UK is doing
What Jeffrey Donaldson thinks the government should do about that
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