The Gate
We’ve had the feast of Christmas, so is it now time for the famine? It…
Author Anna Selby
A Culinary Tour of Tunisia
Of all the North African countries, Tunisia feels the most European. There are those wide…
Circus 1903
Not so long ago, we all assumed circuses were a thing of the past. Not…
Children’s Picture Books for Christmas
As ever, this year sees a bumper crop of picture books for reading aloud to…
Bookish Stocking Fillers
Christmas always sees a rash of novelty titles coming from publishers – jokey, sentimental and…
Best of Enemies at The Young Vic
The past is, of course, another country. At times, though, it can seem chillingly familiar.…
Spa of the Month: Ashdown Park
The weather is suddenly wintry after a decidedly mild autumn. The chances of overseas travel…
A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic
By some extraordinary oversight, I have never made it to the Old Vic’s highly superior…
Dukeshill Hampers
The catastrophising of Christmas has, touch wood, all but abated. Those tabloid headlines warning of…
The Fires of Lust – Sex in the Middle Ages
Sex in the Middle Ages? Nasty, brutish and short, right? Well, we’ve all seen Game…
Spa of the Month: Wave Garden, Snowdonia
It’s November and I’m heading for Snowdonia. The ultimate wet weekend in Wales, right? Yes, but…
Sea Change
Alix Nathan’s The Warlow Experiment became a Sunday Times book of the year and, like…