Bullet points
Richard Lutz looks back balefully on the week.
Wolff at the door: Double trouble in The West Wing
Richard Lutz reads two books that turn the spotlight on President Trump.
Screengrab: The disunited state of America
Richard Lutz turns his attention to a TV documentary that stands out.
The past is another country but some things never change
Richard Lutz wanders through lost school hallways at his fiftieth class reunion
The Oscars: Moonlight best but will it win?
Richard Lutz explains why this movie about love and generosity is the natural choice for the best film award this Sunday.
Street legal on High Street
Richard Lutz contemplates what’s on offer inside a US marijuana shop.
Road map to Pence-sylvania
With all the noise about Donald Trump, how about the other guy- the one a heartbeat away from the Oval Office? Richard Lutz checks the facts
Lord Howard: Why I feel safe in the United States of Animosity
Diplomatic editor Sir Howard Elston analyses the new Trumpie inner circle.
A quick constitutional walk through Trump, guns and a really rigged voting system
Donald Trump enters the White House with little knowledge or respect for constitutional law. But things must change to accommodate the times, says Richard Lutz.
Ask Howard: Lord Elston answers the searing White House question of the day
Another of our essential guides to the Presidential election.
Hail Trumpsylvania!
Sir Howard Elston, our US editor, reveals more on Dumpy Trumpy’s plans for a 51st state.
Welcome to Trumpsylvania
Dumpy Trumpy exclusively unveils to Sir Howard Elston his plans for a 51st state after he gets clobbered in the US election
Dumpy Trumpy slams media – Elston shock exclusive
Sir Howard Elston, our diplomatical editor, sits down with an angry Donald J. Trump
Trump flames out in prez deebate
Richard Lutz somehow stayed awake through the wee hours in England for the Trump/Clinton bunfight.
Trump l’oeil: a case of sleight of mouth
Richard Lutz takes a look at Donald Trump’s failures when it comes to the candidate’s business acumen.
Gun Crazy
Richard Lutz learned to shoot a rifle when he was 11. That made him realise just how dangerous the weapons are
Howard: The prez and that secret speech – exclusive
Sir Howard Elston, confidante of the stars, reveals what Barack Obama really said to Cammo on his trip to Inger-lund.
Cruz uncontrolled
If not Trump, just who is the US dangerman who would have the finger on the button, asks Richard Lutz.
I am Donald Trump’s neighbour
Richard Lutz peers over the garden fence to watch a new resident move in.
America, bloody America
Richard Lutz ponders the state of the States.
US News: Big trouble in a little league
Richard Lutz sadly looks at the latest sports news out of the States.
Letter From America
Richard Lutz reports what’s on everyone’s lips this week in the States.
Cooking on Congo Square
FEMI OYEBODE TRAVELS TO THE DEEP SOUTH OF THE US TO TAKE IN SOME GREAT MUSIC IN NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND
“I have a dream” speech to be commemorated at The Drum
The Drum Arts Centre Black History Month theme commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of what has been regarded, as the most iconic American speech of the 20th century
God’s own country?
Black US teenager Trayvon Martin’s shooting, and subsequent acquittal of his killer, elicits this from Laurence Inman.
Fast track to the USA from Birmingham
Aer Lingus Regional have announced details of a service which allows Birmingham-based passengers to fast track their journey to the US
Second Chance, USA
Go on, re invent yourself. Half of America does, says Richard Lutz
Business Birmingham states the case for American investment
As Birmingham’s most valuable overseas market, the US was responsible for nearly a third (27%) of all foreign direct investments into Birmingham during 2012/13.
Uni graduates’ short film up for top US festival award
A short film created by recent graduates of Coventry University’s media production course has been shortlisted for an award at one of America’s leading lifestyle film festivals.
International Scoop: Latest Breaking News on Mystery White House Letter
Breaking Stateside news by our hardnosed reporter Howard Elston (CBE) – US authorities have dropped the charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending letters poisoned with Barry Manilow music