A Winter Retreat: Longueville Manor
There are two ways of approaching the British seaside. You can look at it as…
Author Anna Selby
Spa of the Month: The Dead Sea Spa
The Dead Sea has been a centre of therapeutic excellence for at least two thousand…
The Red Shoes
The 1948 film The Red Shoes is an icon. It won two Oscars and has…
Spa of the Month: Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall
OK, let’s get the obvious joke out of the way first. Boringdon is not in…
Tewkesbury Park
There is a certain kind of English town that seems to move at a slower…
Spa of the Month: Adler Thermae, Tuscany
It is autumn in Tuscany so you’ll be expecting mist and there seems to be…
King Lear at the Old Vic
As I walked into the Old Vic for last night’s production of King Lear starring…
Spa of the Month: Soar Mill Cove
Getting to Soar Mill Cove is an adventure in itself. All Devon lanes tend to…
The ENO’s Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni has always been a problematic character. Is he a vile seducer and a…
Spa of the Month: Balneario de Lanjaron
I am sitting in the warm spring sunshine overlooking snow-topped mountains and listening to birdsong…
Shanghai Ballet: Echoes of Eternity
There are moments in Shanghai Ballet’s Echoes of Eternity which offer great visual drama. One…