My favourite piece from today’s ‘Five Things’ feature is the pyschological portrait of Donald Trump penned by Tony Schwartz in the Guardian.  He helped ‘the Donald’ write the Art of the Deal in the eighties – powerful stuff.

  1.  I wrote The Art of the Deal with Trump.  He’s still a scared childTony Schwartz, The Guardian
  2. Using comedy to strengthen Nigeria’s democracyAdrian Chen, The New Yorker
  3. Davos elite have a surprise in store for TrumpEd Conway, The Times
  4. The sex lives of conductorsNorman Lebrecht, The Spectator
  5. Why getting on well with France mattersJohn Pienaar, BBC Politics