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The Lady In The Van

- 27 May 2021

When a play becomes a film and that film is populated by stars creating iconic...

Points Of Departure – Brighton Festival 2021

- 6 May 2021

Thirty years of festival going here in Brighton and Hove means that I have seen...

Make room for Dishoom

- 9 February 2021

Confident as I am in the kitchen there is an area of cuisine that I...

Nothing Lost and plenty gained from Lost In The Lanes

- 2 February 2021

Sick of lockdown? Of course we are, life has never felt to strange, so bleak...

Wahaca

- 13 October 2020

Lockdown highs and lows, and no doubt more changes to come but after months of...

The Cheeky Chappie

- 13 October 2020

I first learnt about Max Miller when I stumbled upon an LP, yes that far...

In The Market For Love

- 13 October 2020

What a joy to be back at Glyndebourne for live opera. 2020 has been a...

An Audience with Edith Piaf

- 26 September 2020

In her lifetime the highest paid female performer in the world, Piaf became a living...

The Dolly Parton Story

- 11 August 2020

Who doesn’t like a bit of Dolly? The country legend that has touched the hearts...

West End By The Sea

- 11 August 2020

After months of lockdown and the barren wasteland of live entertainment, it was with a...

The Crescent Pub Brighton

- 13 July 2020

Ah lockdown, cabin fever, isolation, eating too much and probably all the wrong things, comfort...

Gars Chinese Restaurant

- 4 June 2020

Lockdown is no fun, no matter how many “cheery” memes and Tik Toks I stumble...