A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic
By some extraordinary oversight, I have never made it to the Old Vic’s highly superior…
Author Anna Selby
Dukeshill Hampers
The catastrophising of Christmas has, touch wood, all but abated. Those tabloid headlines warning of…
The Fires of Lust – Sex in the Middle Ages
Sex in the Middle Ages? Nasty, brutish and short, right? Well, we’ve all seen Game…
Spa of the Month: Wave Garden, Snowdonia
It’s November and I’m heading for Snowdonia. The ultimate wet weekend in Wales, right? Yes, but…
Sea Change
Alix Nathan’s The Warlow Experiment became a Sunday Times book of the year and, like…
The Midnight Bell
Matthew Bourne knows how to tell a story – a story with his own unique…
Spa of the Month: Bodyism
Let me fess up from the start of this month’s spa review. Strictly speaking, this…
Akram Khan’s Creature at Sadler’s Wells
Finally, after two postponements due to Covid, Akram Khan’s Creature had its world premiere last…
Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic
Bess Wohl’s new play at the Old Vic is essentially a coming-of-age love story. It…
Spa of the Month: Thalassa Beach Resort, North Cyprus
An empty sandy beach on the Med? That’s not possible, right? Let me allow you…
Midnight in Cairo
For those of us who associate Arab culture with the authoritarianism and religious extremism so…
Spa of the Month: Aire Ancient Baths
Prepare to enter a twilight candlelit world. Soft music plays in the background. Everywhere is…