To leave: Cinema ChallengersGet out nowZendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in this sports romance in which the wife of a grand slam champion competes with her ex-boyfriend and off-court tensions through tennis. From Luca Guadagnino, director of Call Me by Your Name. kidnappedGet out nowMarco Bellocchio directs the true story of a six-year-old… Read More »
No holiday in Devon would be complete without experiencing three classic meals: pub lunch, fish and chips by the sea and traditional cream tea. Fine dining in the county is also excellent, with four Michelin star restaurants and a number of English country house hotels to choose from. There are also many interesting attractions, including… Read More »
Mary Law, who has died aged 91, twice played anxious boarding house owner Mollie Ralston in Agatha Christie’s long-running West End show The Mousetrap; it was also a favorite of 1950s television; She became the first British TV actress to go into space – as science student Janet Campbell in the children’s series The Lost… Read More »
When she was 21, painter Frances Bell was living “in someone’s trunk.” [her] car” goes for £10,000 a year. “All the stereotypes about starving in the attic are generally true,” he says of the early part of an artist’s career. By then he had completed a course at the Charles H Cecil Studios in Florence… Read More »
Aparthotels are the best of both worlds for staying in the capital, giving you the hotel experience with the added freedom that comes with your own private London retreat. Plus the chance to live like locals in some pretty fancy postcodes. Whether you’re looking for a luxurious place to feel like home for three nights… Read More »
In the home of cream teas, you’re never far from a good scone. But how can we distinguish good from bad? The perfect scone is crumbly, light as a feather, warm and served with fruity jam and clotted cream thick enough to stick to your spoon. Stay away from places that serve buttered buns or… Read More »
Nina Hoss is such a big deal in her native Germany that when she starred in the hit TV series Homeland, there was panic in Die Welt newspaper that she would not return from America. “We don’t want to lose him,” she wailed. “What would German cinema and German theater be without him?” Nearly 10… Read More »
While the swanky air-conditioned bus I was traveling in Sri Lanka, a country of nearly 15 million Theravada Buddhists, was filled with meaningless chatter and a dash of travel boasting, I was doing my best to slip into a meditative state of Buddhist compassion. . As someone who loves exploring places off the beaten path,… Read More »
At the opening performance of Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel’s late-stage Tonys contender Mother Play, a day before eligibility ends, one can choose from three bright and syrup-themed cocktails before purchasing a tie hat emblazoned with the words MOTHER Screamed in pink. There are only three characters in the game itself; two of them are… Read More »
For over 160 years, visitors have been arriving at the Venezia Santa Lucia train station and descending directly into the heart of one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the world. But until Thursday, they had never been greeted by a group of officers in white and yellow coats who wanted to know… Read More »