‘A fiercely bright, posh, confident chap’ . . . Ben Schott. Photograph: Francesco Guidicini / Rex Features Ben Schott, presenting Almanacs – The Oldest Guide to Everything (Radio 4), is a fiercely bright, posh, confident chap. He has reason to exude confidence, given that he... 

Wyclef Jean to run for Haiti president. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Wyclef Jean, the former Fugees singer, will formally announce his candidacy for president of Haiti later today. In the eight months since Haiti’s devastating earthquakes, Jean has become a high-profile spokesman... 

Terrible sadness … Diciembre. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian It could be any Christmas reunion. There are the verbal rallies that turn into bickering arguments. There is the tipsy auntie who pops in from next door and offends everyone. There is the mixture of introspection,... 

Prog rock – the music that refused to die. Illustration by Jiro Bevis. At the end of 2008, the journalist Jerry Ewing pitched an idea for a new magazine to a publishing company. His idea was a magazine dedicated entirely to progressive rock, long reviled in the critical mainstream as...