Dead Man Walking
‘One of the things about art,’ says singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, ‘is you…
Monthly Archives: February, 2018
Cafés and Cocktails: Paris en Boisson
It is 22:02 and from the back of our cab to our left-hand side, we…
A Guide to UK Opera Festivals 2018
Summer in England just wouldn’t be the same without an opera or two in a…
Walking With Giants
Kenya’s Samburu reserve is the only place in East Africa where you can track critically…
Hennessy Paradis Imperial: Private Dining at Four Seasons Park Lane
Tuesday night. I’m in the Four Seasons sipping Hennessy XO. So far, so normal. These…
God’s Own Country
Francis Lee’s brilliant portrayal of life on an English farm delivers a deeply-moving story, confronting…
Spa of the Month: Ye Olde Bell, Retford
It’s that time of year that you may well be hankering for the slopes. The…
It’s All Downhill From Here
With Olympic skiers in full flight at PyeongChang, Andrew Dickens takes his first tentative steps on…
English National Opera’s Iolanthe
Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1882 satire on aristocracy and parliament, Iolanthe, contains what is probably their…
Ashford Castle: A Jewel in the Emerald Isle
Hopping in a hire car at Dublin airport, the journey to Ireland’s most glamorous hotel,…
The Divide
Mention the name Alan Ayckbourn and most people think first of small-scale, often achingly funny,…
Vienna – A Visit En Famille
None of us meant to be ill. Not me, certainly, about to celebrate an unimportant…