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And so, on Saturday, to the National Theatre to see Patrick Marber’s new, much-lauded version of Turgenev’s ‘Month in the Country’ at the Lyttleton. Compressed into three hot summer days, this comedy of manners follows the inhabitants of a large Russian … Continue reading
Sherry takes centre stage in the grape harvest festivities in Jerez de la Frontera in September. There are many seminars and guided tours, including master classes in sherry tasting and in the marriage between sherry and the best of the local cuisine. … Continue reading
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It’s grape harvest time in Jerez, as it is across the Mediterranean. My first encounter with this traditional activity and the celebration which accompanies it was in Italy as a child. The red wine made around Lake Garda was, almost invariably, … Continue reading
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Monday was spent in glorious sunshine at Lord’s cricket ground in St John’s Wood. The ‘all’s right with the world’ invocation of the sound of leather on willow, the greensward and the cricket whites, is over-used in my opinion, but then…. Sitting … Continue reading
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Following swiftly on from the post about the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s major Ravilious exhibition, it is worth mentioning a small exhibition of stunning life drawings by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon which is currently running at the same Gallery. Prud’hon was draughtsman to the court … Continue reading
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