Susan’s Bookshelves: Odour of Chrysanthemums by DH Lawrence
I pounced on this in my local indie bookshop, Beckenham Books. Penguin have apparently launched an archive series of seventy titles. And...
I pounced on this in my local indie bookshop, Beckenham Books. Penguin have apparently launched an archive series of seventy titles. And...
Sarah Vine married a fellow journalist, Michael Gove. Then he became a politician and she was plunged into a role which she...
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Stella Powell-Jones, artistic director of Jermyn Street Theatre. This was for Ink Pellet – the...
Historical Bassoons Directed by Peter Whelan Royal Academy of Music 25 June 2025 I booked this concert with glee. Bassoons make...
First, two David Copperfield-related anecdotes: When I was teaching part-time in the English department of a girls’ boarding school, our Head of...
Love, Conflict, Renaissance Monteverdi, Strozzi and Jonathan Dove Directed by Sir Thomas Allen Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music Some might...
Over the years I have read many books by actors describing their adventures with, and thoughts about, Shakespeare: Michael Pennington, Antony Sher,...
Famous, respected and popular as he is I had never, until now, got round to reading any Robert Harris. It did occur...