Brendan Hoffman
Wine
Observation: Front vine
When Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine lost its wine-making region. Now its vintners are clinking glasses with the west.
Music
Louder than bombs
US armed forces have a secret weapon: a jazz band that knows how to take a nation by storm.
Media
My Waterloo
With Ukraine’s staging of Eurovision in trouble, a Swedish superstar was asked to step in. How could he ever refuse?
