Alexander Larman on why the late, great David Bowie remains such a totemic and iconic figure in his life

Of all clarinet concertos, including Mozart’s, Aaron Copland’s is Norman Lebrecht’s favourite by a Siamese smile

In the third instalment of his diary, Dominic watches a man doing ballet on top of the British Ambassador’s Residence, and deals with his rude neighbour

Henry Jeffreys recommends some quality champagnes that won’t break the bank – just don’t serve them too cold or in the company of B-list celebrities

Andy Friend provides a readable account of Nash’s life, but omits important detail about how the artist made others feel

Once we start using the political concerns of the adult world to moralise about the imaginative realm of children, we’re in trouble

A question to which there is no exonerating answer

Standing to pee is transphobic, the police hire woke commissars and German activists re-name the weather

Riotous good fun for someone in No 10

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart, about France’s eighteenth-century revolutionary ferment