Sitting on a throne making the Churchill ‘V’ in London. Calling Sue Barker ‘Susan’ at the Sports Personality of the Year awards. Sticking his tongue out during the national anthem in Rio. Getting off

December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut

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The memoirs of a high- and lowbrow émigré composer

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

The troubled history of US-China relations