London theater is becoming huge. Is this a reaction against the fast, let’s not breathe the same air for a long time pandemic games? Is there a need for all-encompassing stories, a hope that there is something that will outlast individual life or government? This month, Long Day’s Journey into Night reached the farthest reaches… Read More »
Fans of Britain’s Got Talent were rejoiced on Saturday night as the ITV talent show returned, with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly at the helm for a season full of both strange auditions and extraordinary hidden talent. The new series is the 17th episode of the talent show. which debuted in 2007 and continues… Read More »
Issy McDermott used to go drinking on holiday: she went to schools, she went to parties in Central America, Europe and Asia, and “she was working at a party hostel in Indonesia and I was drinking there every day for a month”. However, it has experienced a change in the past year. The 23-year-old Sydneysider,… Read More »
For atmosphere, it’s hard to beat Palma when the sun goes down. Whether on the lively streets or in the less touristy parts of the city, there are plenty of tapas and music bars, live performers and, if you’re lucky, special events, dances and festivities, especially on weekends. There are countless ways to spend an… Read More »
“Do you like Caravaggio?” Early in the current Netflix drama based on Patricia Highsmith’s acclaimed thriller, wealthy Dickie Greenleaf asks this question about his enigmatic new friend Tom Ripley: The Talented Mr. Ripley. A query is a type of test and is more than a simple class. It is intended as a measure of character… Read More »
The problem with river cruising is that you are often caught off guard by the “star rivers”. There are many iconic waterways around the world that are must-travels, but you can reap the benefits if you shop around. Nowhere is this more true than in France. A short ferry, train or plane ride will allow… Read More »
Travel is expensive enough right now that you’re not adding to the costs with bad financial decisions regarding your vacation money. But we fall into the same old traps every year. We take too much cash and pay too much for it. We use the wrong credit and debit cards and get our amounts wrong… Read More »
Of course, only in a work of satirical fiction could an ambitious, friendly and ruthless young art dealer be called “Inigo Philbrick”. But no: one of the remarkable aspects of Orlando Whitfield’s book is that Inigo Philbrick actually exists. All That Glitters is an account of how the author’s student friendship with Philbrick led to… Read More »
Thousands of people will join protests across the Canary islands on Saturday to call for an urgent rethink of the Spanish archipelago’s tourism industry and a freeze on tourist numbers, arguing that the decades-old current model is making life unaffordable and environmentally unsustainable for local people. . Protests under banners “Canarias tiene un limite” (The… Read More »
What is the biggest comedy festival in the world? Parochial Brits would call it Edinburgh. Internationalists might consider Montreal’s Just for Laughs. They would all be wrong. Just for Laughs is now out of the running: it filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, its future in doubt. And the Edinburgh venue isn’t just a… Read More »