Carmen at the Longborough Festival
Opera in the summer has become something of a passion for us Brits. The granddaddy…
Author Anna Selby
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a ballet with which Carlos Acosta has strong links. His dazzling performance…
Spa of the Month: Lord’s Palace Resort & Spa, Kyrenia
Now this is what I’d call a party spa. A contradiction in terms? After all,…
Eugene Onegin – OHP Young Artists
It may seem perverse to see the same opera by the same company twice in…
The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak is a British-Turkish author whose writing I have always found breathtakingly beautiful. Her…
Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park
Flaming June this isn’t, so prepare yourself with blankets for Opera Holland Park’s new production…
The Queen’s Favourite: Bellamy’s
Bellamy’s is named after the club in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy. And, certainly,…
Kahani, Chelsea
Over the last few years, a small but growing number of Indian fine dining restaurants…
Spa of the Month: Shangri-La at The Shard
The Skypool at the Shard may not be the biggest swimming pool you’ve ever seen…
The Inca: Lost Civilisations
The geography of the Andes led to 10,000 years of isolation for its inhabitants and…
Chez Antoinette
There was a time (and we’re going back decades here) when French restaurants in France…
The 47th at The Old Vic
Mike Bartlett’s new play is, like his last, Charles III, written in blank verse. This…