Henry is 25 and desperately backpeddling, to no avail. He is a lucky man, free enough to do things and poor enough to enjoy them. But as he’s dragged, kicking and screaming from one of life’s pleasures to another, he remains slave to the stupid memory that says yesterday was better than today. Perhaps he’s a squirrel, saving treats for later? If nothing else, he’s old enough to know that things have never been so good – tomorrow will tell him so.
5
Mar
2009
Hippolytus: Tragedy & Misogyny Resurrected
There are some nice touches, with a dynamic musical chorus that helps to break up the stark weight of dialogue
2
Mar
2009
Glasshouse Glory at Kew
The food is modern French and unpretentious, no fooling around with nitro-foamed back fat and snail-slime granitas here
1
Mar
2009
Le Café Du Jardin & the Opera Quarter
We settled for some well-cooked scallops and sea bass, set off with interesting red pepper and hazelnut salsa and caramelised fennel respectively
25
Feb
2009
Fashion Week’s Finale
If aliens had landed, in the past week, out of the blue in South Kensington, what they might have made of it is anyone's guess
20
Feb
2009
Heavenly Bread at Le Cordon Bleu London
Until just a few days ago I was one of the poor, unenlightened souls living in this world thinking bread was an impossible mystery
19
Feb
2009
Palladio, the Royal Academy and Carluccio’s
Palladio's influence in London is visible everywhere, most notably in the work of Inigo Jones and, slightly later, Christopher Wren
6
Feb
2009
Aristides – The Outcast Hero
The fate of unsung heroes is a difficult business. Alice de Sousa’s reverent Aristides leaves no chance of her eponymous hero being... Read More
3
Feb
2009
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
A grand plan to roll a giant snow ball down the hill, Indiana Jones-style, was a celebrated failure. It was all so reassuringly dangerous
9
Jan
2009
Piaf at the Vaudeville
Have you ever seen your granny kissing someone? I mean, really, kissing them? No? Probably a relief, isn't it?
7
Jan
2009
Warhorse Rides On to the New London Theatre
How can you stage a London production that has, as one of its main characters, a horse?
