Spa of the Month: Corinthia Lisbon
To say I was looking forward to my trip to Lisbon and the Corinthia Hotel is putting it very mildly.…
The Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne, Dorset
It’s all about comfort and joy at this cosy bolthole in Dorset, as Angelina Villa-Clarke discovers… Found on a honey-coloured…
Spa of the Month: Corinthia Lisbon
To say I was looking forward to my trip to Lisbon and the Corinthia Hotel is putting it very mildly.…
My First Love…Camping, Part II: Now
Following the misfortune of my Girl Guides experience, the next time I camped was thirty years later, as a travel…
The Green Fingered General
I must have on my groaning shelves three dozen biographies of Napoleon, but not one written by a woman -…
Among the Trees at the Hayward Gallery
In this turbulent year, nature has provided both a place of respite and a lifeline to normality. With so much…
The Green Fingered General
I must have on my groaning shelves three dozen biographies of Napoleon, but not one written by a woman -…
Breakin’ Convention – Social DisDancing
Zoomed out? Had enough of virtual entertainment? Want to visit a real theatre? Me, too. And, praise be, Sadler’s Wells…
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 Preview
Everybody knows that each year’s Edinburgh Fringe is the best Fringe yet. More shows than ever, more venues than ever,…
The Oscars 2020: 92nd Academy Awards Line-Up
It feels like mere months since Green Book walked away with Best Picture at the 2019 Oscars, to the collective…
Glyndebourne Online
With the onset of summer comes the onset of outdoor opera. Alas, not this year, obviously, but that won’t stop…
Talking Shakespeare at the RSC
It’s been one of the enduring agonies of the lockdown; the closure of theatres, with no likely opening in sight,…
The Perfect Number
It was always going to happen, wasn’t it? In a collective stampede, the nation roars into action at the first…
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The sudden spring weather couldn’t be more timely. Let’s face it, we’re all desperate to be eating out again, but…
Restaurant Uformel, Copenhagen
Tough breaks, being a Copenhagen restaurant. On the one hand, Copenhagen’s food scene. Imagine being a cog in that gearbox.…
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The sudden spring weather couldn’t be more timely. Let’s face it, we’re all desperate to be eating out again, but…
An Institution Re-Opens
As the UK takes a deep breath and prepares to step outside this summer, one of its foremost cultural institutions…
One Thing Drives Out Another: Introducing Zager & Co
I HAVE a confession to make. I have, at times, acted like a Prima Donna. Not, I hasten to add,…
A Covert to Covet
THE arrival – or at least the imminent threat of arrival – of Summer is somewhat bittersweet for me this…
An Institution Re-Opens
As the UK takes a deep breath and prepares to step outside this summer, one of its foremost cultural institutions…
A Walk in the Park
There’s a new book coming out next month, Richmond Park – London’s Wildlife Haven, which focuses on the beauty that is Richmond Park. As a…
Keeping the Doctors Flying: Casterley Barn Gala
There are two reasons to get out of the city and enjoy a break in the countryside. The first is…
