British Baroque: Power And Illusion at the Tate Britain is an insightful show but the greatest triumphs can’t be shown in a gallery By Alastair Smart Published: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 British Baroque: Power And Illusion Tate Britain, London … Read more
Great British Boltholes: Take a tour to Jeremy Clarkson’s local in Oxfordshire, which offers six bedrooms and tender pheasant pie The Kingham Plough in Oxfordshire is ‘handsomely decorated’, says T. D. Isacke The restaurant has just been given a Good Food Award for Gastro Pubs There are also six bedrooms spread across the main building and an … Read more
Emma Cert: U, 2hrs 4mins Rating: Before it … Read more
Marc Almond Royal Festival Hall, London Touring May 23 to August 30 Rating: A true pop star is a bundle of contradictions. Marc Almond OBE is 62, and he still looks like a naughty boy. He’s been a chart-topper, a cabaret … Read more
Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2020 idiomatically conducted by Andris Nelsons is a breath of fresh air… more, maestro, please By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 New Year’s Concert 2020 Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Andris Nelsons … Read more
Leopoldstadt Wyndham’s Theatre, London Until June 13, 2hrs 40mins Rating: When asked where he gets his ideas from, Tom Stoppard’s usual response is ‘Harrods’. But this heartfelt work – big in theme but low on laughs – feels his most … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at the Cat Inn in West Sussex, which charms with ‘wonky ceilings’, a candle on the dresser and ‘stupendous confit duck’ The Cat Inn, in the West Sussex village of West Hoathly, has four rooms The Inspector says it’s the food that brings people from miles away He described his breakfast as ‘perfect’, … Read more
Adam Rutherford’s enthralling and illuminating new book, How To Argue With A Racist, proves that ‘racial purity’ is a total myth By Francis Wheen Published: 22:02 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 21:25 GMT, 18 February 2020 How To Argue With A Racist Adam Rutherford … Read more
The American bass Soloman Howard deserves a London debut worthier of his exceptional talents than this sorry Luisa Miller at the London Coliseum By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 22 February 2020 Luisa Miller London Coliseum … Read more
The Upstart Crow Gielgud Theatre, London Until April 25, 2hrs 20mins Rating: This is a play that recycles the BBC Shakespeare sitcom and plonks in it a playhouse complete with ye olde crappe Tudor scenery. David Mitchell … Read more