Le Grand Bellevue
In the second of our look at top skiing destinations this season, we go back to the country where it all started where Tom Leahy is one of the first to indulge in a new look to an old classic…
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Bodysgallen Hall, Wales
“A stay at a country house hotel always puts me in mind of JG Farrell’s literary masterpiece Troubles…” Tom Leahy swaps London for a weekend jaunt to North Wales.
Seven Days in Andalucia
I don’t know if there is a Spanish version of that well-worn phrase La France…
Cape Town Opera’s Porgy and Bess
To my mind, not enough operas open with a fist fight. La Boheme – just…
Cracking Claret: Bordeaux Cru Classé
You can say one thing for the Bordelais, with centuries of practice, they know how…
Dickensian Dining with the Young Turks
A Dickensian feast taking place above a pub and being catered by a gastro-collective called…
Brody House, Budapest
Look behind closed doors and you’ll find more to Budapest than neo-classical buildings, coffee houses, statues of cowering Ottomans and beef goulash. Symbolic of this is private members’ club Brody House.
Hydrocracker’s New World Order
Set in the fictional Ministry of Cultural Integrity, where a ‘healthy, muscular and tender understanding of our cultural heritage’ is the order of the day, Hydrocracker’s production draws on five of Pinter’s politically motivated short plays.
The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro marks the third time actress Fiona Shaw has directed for the ENO, but this is the first time she has taken the helm for one of opera’s real crowd pleasers, and with interesting results…