Spa of the Month: Slieve Donard, County Down
The Northern Ireland coastlines of Counties Down and Antrim are wild, beautiful, empty places. Nobody…
Author Anna Selby
Honey Afternoon Tea at St Ermin’s Hotel
Tea, according to the Spectator, is having a bit of a moment. “Fine teas” are…
Cruising the Baltic
Cruises come in many forms. There are these days ships that can carry over 6,000…
Giselle at Sadler’s Wells
It takes a brave choreographer to refashion the greatest of all Romantic ballets, but in…
Spa of the Month: Scarlet Hotel, Cornwall
The Scarlet is surely Cornwall’s coolest hotel. It has no check-in desk – you just…
A Very Expensive Poison
The poisoning in 2006 of the Russian secret agent, Alexander Litvinenko, with a rare radioactive…
Alvin Ailey: American Dance
The Alvin Ailey company surely has some of the most versatile dancers on the planet…
Spa of the Month: Budock Vean
Budock Vean has the feel of a country club – golf course (designed in the…
Il Segreto di Susanna and Iolanta at Opera Holland Park
As the Opera Holland Park season comes to a close, the big tent in the…
War and Peace – Welsh National Opera at Covent Garden
Let’s face it, War and Peace is a pretty big book. Attempting to compress it into…
Present Laughter at The Old Vic
Noel Coward created the role of Garry Essendine in Present Laughter, partly as a self-caricature,…
The Marriage of Figaro at the Royal Opera House
The Marriage of Figaro is set on the estate of the Count Almaviva, just outside Seville.…