- 1 April 2022
With spring in full bloom the season of festivals is about to start. Over in...
- 31 March 2022
Bess Atwell’s 2021 album ‘Already, Always’ packs the softest punch. Appearing on the horizon in...
- 28 March 2022
Local entrepreneur Steve Barrey has his fingers in many pies and one of the tastiest...
- 25 March 2022
Ben Solomon’s 2003 album ‘Torrington Haze’ is, in some ways, aptly named. It evokes the...
- 22 March 2022
Can there be art about Auschwitz? Of the 1.3 million people sent to the concentration...
Reviews
SLEEPING BEAUTY
- 20 December 2024
How I love a proper pantomime, and over recent years how I have come to...
101 DALMATIANS
- 18 December 2024
Dodie Smith’s children’s book The Hundred and One Dalmatians was published in 1956, the year...
GLYNDEBOURNE: CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2024
- 16 December 2024
In my season of choral excursions the festival fare delivered by the Glyndebourne Chorus and...






