The Bower House
So, there you are with your ticket for Longborough Opera – but where to stay?…
Author Anna Selby
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…
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…