Music booksReviewA brilliant, festive study of JS Bach uses literature and painting to illuminate his 'dance-impregnated' musicBach might be John Eliot Gardiner's godfather, a few centuries removed. Gardiner actually grew up under the eye of the bewigged Lutheran cantor: a portrait of him had been entrusted to Gardiner's parents – who raised their brood with sung graces at mealtimes and traditional country dances afterwards – for safekeeping during the war. On his way upstairs to bed, the young Gardiner always flinched from the zealot's "

RaceThe image of a white woman calling police on Black people put the lie to the myth of racial innocence There was no direct connection between the “Central Park Karen” incident in New York City and the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, beyond the coincidence of timing. Time in the pandemic has been elastic and confusing, and reports of the separate incidents did not emerge immediately, but the two events occurred on Monday 25 May, Memorial Day.

Stumped?: Gardening Q&AsGardening adviceOr will it provide nutrients?I collect water from my roof and store it in open dustbins for later use in my veg patch. Over time, it grows green algae. Does this make the water better for the veg (ie, the algae rot to give nutrients to the plants) or worse because some algae are poisonous? It will have a nutritional value, but it's probably not very high. I wouldn't use this water on seedlings as you may get "

Andrew Clark on AmericaBernard MadoffFeds seek luxury cars and Florida property from Bernard Madoff's former assistantA limited edition Bernie "Made Off With My Money" Madoff action figure by ModelWorks. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/GettyFor a one-time secretary from the New York borough of Queens, the woman did good. Annette Bongiorno, a close aide to Bernard Madoff, is facing a forfeiture order by US prosecutors for $5.1m of assets including two Mercedes, a Bentley and a holiday home in Florida.

Children's booksChildren's booksFrankenstein by Mary Shelley - review‘this novel will reside with you long after you have turned the last page’ Mary Shelley’s hauntingly thrilling novel Frankenstein is a much loved classic horror - and is perceived to be the first sci-fi novel in history! Whether reading for your studies or reading for pleasure this novel will reside with you long after you have turned the last page; Shelley’s writing style and subtle inclusion of some biographical themes convey a realism to the reader which adds to this novel’s harrowing ambiance.