Spotlight On: Belfast
Belfast is surprisingly Irish. Now, this may seem an odd thing to say about the…
Author Anna Selby
Spa of the Month: Riffelalp, Zermatt
Spas are, of course, all about relaxation – but this is a concept that can…
Carmen la Cubana
Sadler’s Wells currently has on an appropriately steamy offering for this long hot summer we’re…
Isabeau at Opera Holland Park
It’s not often you get to see the UK premiere of an opera that was…
Ariadne auf Naxos at Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park has produced a triumph. Ariadne auf Naxos is the final offering of…
Spa of the Month: GOCO SPA Daios Cove, Crete
Daios Cove delivers exactly what it says on the tin: this is a classic horseshoe-shaped…
Imperium
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production in the West End is a retelling of one…
Royal Ballet School at Holland Park
Leaving the open theatre in Holland Park, I heard a member of the audience gasp,…
Baltimore and Beyond
A stone’s throw from its capital, Baltimore is, technically, the United States’ largest ‘independent’ city and,…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Miss Brodie is a paradox – magnificent and ridiculous, naïve and dangerous in equal measure.…
Spa of the Month: Bollants, Bad Sobernheim
On arrival at Bollants, you’re greeted with a glass of Prosecco. At least one of…
Spa of the Month: Lou Casteou, Cote d’Azur
Most of what you read right now on health pages is designed to counter excess,…