The Proms Preview 2022
Things have been feeling normal for a while now it seems. Relatively, that is. Bar…
Browsing: The Culturist
Carmen at the Longborough Festival
Opera in the summer has become something of a passion for us Brits. The granddaddy…
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a ballet with which Carlos Acosta has strong links. His dazzling performance…
My Fair Lady
It’s beyond belief that some musicals I avoid like the proverbial plague, remain a fixture…
Double Bill: Politics & Corruption
In Books this week, crime writer Anne Coates looks at two authors, writing in very different…
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…
Jarvis Cocker at the Royal Festival Hall
Jarvis Cocker wanders on to the stage looking more like a geography teacher than a…
Double Bill: On the Edge
This week, crime writer Anne Coates discovers two intriguing titles making you question everything you’re reading, told…
The Corn Is Green
It’s a familiar trope. The unconventional, do-good teacher arrives in a town set in its…
The Inca: Lost Civilisations
The geography of the Andes led to 10,000 years of isolation for its inhabitants and…