The Choir of Man
If ever there were a cure for the relentlessness of modern life – or indeed…
Browsing: The Culturist
Beach Reads: Stories for Summer
From Istanbul fairytales to Cornish quests, espionage in Slough House to Chilean revolutions, Anna Selby…
My Neighbour Totoro – A Stage of Enchantment
I’ll admit it upfront: while I’ve long considered myself something of a cinephile, Studio Ghibli…
Rambert’s Peaky Blinders
It is decades since Rambert changed its name from “Ballet Rambert”, nailing its colours firmly…
A Summer Holiday Miscellany
Whether you’re braving airport queues, seeking shade in the garden, or sheltering from a sudden…
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.…
The Siege by Ben MacIntyre
Just over 45 years ago, for six days in February 1980, the attention of the…
The Boy With Wings
On a Saturday afternoon at the end of June, I took my eight-year-old son Wilfred…
The Lemon in the Half-Light: Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
What if Cambridge’s most enduring legacy is not its Nobel laureates, nor the centuries of…
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If anyone tells you that opera is outdated and irrelevant to today’s audiences, just send…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…