The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak is a British-Turkish author whose writing I have always found breathtakingly beautiful. Her…
Author Anna Selby
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…
The 47th at The Old Vic
Mike Bartlett’s new play is, like his last, Charles III, written in blank verse. This…
The Forsythe Evening with English National Ballet
These are bleak days – war in Europe, a cost of living crisis and on…
Spa of the Month: The Dunes, Oman
For the second of my Omani spas, I’m heading for what is likely to first…
The Black Book, Soho
How to describe The Black Book? It’s not a restaurant, though it has some rather…
Dance Reflections: Loie Fuller – Research
Loie Fuller was a contemporary (and indeed supporter of Isadora Duncan) but as a “free…