An Edinburgh Weekend
With the Edinburgh Festival fast approaching this August, there’s no better time for a weekend…
Author Anna Selby
Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park
Opera is well known as the friend of melodrama and, in the case of Donizetti’s…
La Traviata at Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park has revived its 2018 production of Verdi’s most popular opera, La Traviata.…
A Few of Their Favourite Things: Salzburg’s Hyperion Hotel
Anna Selby checks into Salzburg’s Hyperion Hotel, where history, hospitality and a cleverly composed “Sound…
Bellazul, Marylebone
A year on since its opening in 2024 Bellazul in Marylebone has got its feet…
Spa of the Month: Cooden Beach
Summertime. And the living is certainly easy down on Cooden Beach – a village just…
A Gilbert & Sullivan Double Bill at Opera Holland Park
If anyone tells you that opera is outdated and irrelevant to today’s audiences, just send…
The Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park
With soaring temperatures and more colour than the Notting Hill Carnival, Opera Holland Park’s Merry…
The 40 Elephants
It’s not often a bar has a real story to tell, but The 40 Elephants,…
Spa of the Month: La Majun
In this month’s spa column, Anna returns for another dose of the Dolomites. Well, summer in…
The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse
The time is the present and the place is Ancient Greece, we are told in…
Spa of the Month: Lefay Dolomiti
It’s not usual these days to get excited about travelling to your destination – the…