Carmen at the Longborough Festival
Opera in the summer has become something of a passion for us Brits. The granddaddy…
Yearly Archives: 2022
Zaika of Kensington
Some meals are memorable for all the wrong reasons. I recall one incident where my…
Dormy House
‘Live in Oxford, do you? Know the Cotswolds?’ If I had a pound for every…
Pythouse Kitchen Garden
Happiness can sometimes prove elusive, yet it seems ripe for the picking the moment you…
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a ballet with which Carlos Acosta has strong links. His dazzling performance…
Otto’s French Restaurant
SOMETIMES you just know when you’ve had one of ‘those’ nights. In the space of…
My Fair Lady
It’s beyond belief that some musicals I avoid like the proverbial plague, remain a fixture…
The Original Super Tuscans?
To the northwest of Florence, in the province of Prato, a majestic tree-lined avenue bridges…
Scotch and Cigars at The Beaumont
What do you do with a car park – indeed, a former garage forecourt -…
The Franklin London
The 35-room boutique Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, whose sister hotels include the The Gore…
Double Bill: Politics & Corruption
In Books this week, crime writer Anne Coates looks at two authors, writing in very different…
Europe’s Best-kept Culinary Secret
I’m lost in a forest in a place beyond the pines eating some of the…