Author Anna Selby

The past is, of course, another country. At times, though, it can seem chillingly familiar.…

The weather is suddenly wintry after a decidedly mild autumn. The chances of overseas travel…

By some extraordinary oversight, I have never made it to the Old Vic’s highly superior…

The catastrophising of Christmas has, touch wood, all but abated. Those tabloid headlines warning of…

Sex in the Middle Ages? Nasty, brutish and short, right? Well, we’ve all seen Game…

It’s November and I’m heading for Snowdonia. The ultimate wet weekend in Wales, right? Yes, but…

Alix Nathan’s The Warlow Experiment became a Sunday Times book of the year and, like…

Matthew Bourne knows how to tell a story – a story with his own unique…

Let me fess up from the start of this month’s spa review. Strictly speaking, this…

Finally, after two postponements due to Covid, Akram Khan’s Creature had its world premiere last…

Bess Wohl’s new play at the Old Vic is essentially a coming-of-age love story. It…

An empty sandy beach on the Med? That’s not possible, right? Let me allow you…