My Fair Lady
It’s beyond belief that some musicals I avoid like the proverbial plague, remain a fixture…
Browsing: The Culturist
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…
A Double Dose of Suspense
This week it’s another double bill in Books, as crime writer Anne Coates recommends two new…
The 47th at The Old Vic
Mike Bartlett’s new play is, like his last, Charles III, written in blank verse. This…
Daffodils by Louise Beech
When I reviewed Louise Beech’s last book, This is How We are Human, I was…