
A Word About Coventry: Hotel Indigo
It’s not often I get sent to Coventry – in any sense of the word. But after attending a wedding…

A Word About Coventry: Hotel Indigo
It’s not often I get sent to Coventry – in any sense of the word. But after attending a wedding…

Spa of the Month: Lefay Dolomiti
It’s not usual these days to get excited about travelling to your destination – the schlepp to the airport, not…

The Lure of the Loire
As the Loire Valley celebrates 25 years as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jane Wilson skips across the Channel to…

The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse
The time is the present and the place is Ancient Greece, we are told in the opening moments. And this…

Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is a masterful Japanese artist. Born in Edo (now Tokyo) into a samurai family, he is one…

Precipice by Robert Harris
Robert Harris has the knack of finding interesting historical individuals or events around which to build a riveting story. Their…

Jane Eyre at Sadler’s Wells
Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre has come at last to Sadler’s Wells. Created nine years ago by Cathy Marston, it was…

The Pirates of Penzance at the ENO
The first half of English National Opera’s winter season has come to a close (it’s back in January) with The…

The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse
The time is the present and the place is Ancient Greece, we are told in the opening moments. And this…

Sael
What a difference a few months makes. I headed down to one of Jason Atherton’s latest restaurants, Sael, in the…

Sael
What a difference a few months makes. I headed down to one of Jason Atherton’s latest restaurants, Sael, in the…

Sael
What a difference a few months makes. I headed down to one of Jason Atherton’s latest restaurants, Sael, in the…

The Princess and the Paratha: A Bombay Royal Pop-Up
The Princess Royal in Notting Hill has always done things a little differently. It might be the walled garden and…

The Princess and the Paratha: A Bombay Royal Pop-Up
The Princess Royal in Notting Hill has always done things a little differently. It might be the walled garden and…