Wonderful Town at Opera Holland Park
You have to take your hat off to Opera Holland Park. Not only have they…
Browsing: The Culturist
The Wolf Den
The “lupanar” had two meanings for the Romans. Literally, it is a den of wolves.…
The Republic of False Truths
Many contemporary Arab authors find themselves confronting challenges similar to those faced by writers in…
Northern Ballet: Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons is well known to most of us, whether from the original Laclos book,…
This Is How We Are Human
Louise Beech’s literary output is impressive – from her first published novel How To Be…
Brexit Books: This Sovereign Isle vs Britain Alone
Brexit may have happened but it is still with us. We only need to look…
Author Double Bill: Catch As Catch Can and Syn
Many readers will know Malcolm Hollingdrake from the ten books in his Harrogate Crime Series.…
English National Ballet: Reunion
Reunion, the title of English National Ballet’s first live performance since lockdown restrictions eased, has…
The Three Locks: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure
As someone who devoured Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories – and indeed wrote one…
The Green Fingered General
I must have on my groaning shelves three dozen biographies of Napoleon, but not one…
Two Wrongs by Mel McGrath
How far would you go to save your offspring? Most parents would move heaven and…
Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Woman’s Life in 19th Century Japan
Looking at the soft-focus cover of Stranger in the Shogun’s City you might assume this…