PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: MONET TO MATISSE

The  Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse exhibition at the Royal Academy is beautiful, uplifting and perfect for …

LE CORSAIRE

In 2013  English National Ballet became the first British company to perform the complete work of Le Corsaire , which they…

THE NUTCRACKER

Christmas isn't Christmas without the Nutcracker .  Last month I went to see the English National Ballet's producti…

MOULIN ROUGE

Last week in Paris I made my way up to Montmartre to visit the most famous cabaret in the world. The legendary Moulin Rouge…

CARMEN

Last week I attended the opening night of Georges Bizet's much-loved opera Carmen at the Royal Opera House. This reviv…

HEPBURN

It's the final week to see the  Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon  exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery , a s…

THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS

I was lucky enough to spend last Saturday evening in the Royal Albert Hall at the joyous Last Night of the Proms , the fina…

BAILA BRAZIL

Two weeks ago I headed to the Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank for an evening fusing dance, Afro-Brazilian culture and …

SCOTCH & SODA

Last week my mama was visiting over her birthday for a few days of nice dinners and exhibitions, so I took her to see the f…

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: LATITUDE

I'm heading back to Latitude Festival in Suffolk for the third time today and I can't wait: lots of live music, d…

CINDERELLA

Earlier this week I attended the opening night of Christopher Wheeldon's modern production of Cinderella, performed…

THE GREAT GATSBY

Last week I attended the opening night of the  Northern Ballet's The Great Gatsby , back for only seven performances at…

MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL

The best new musical to hit London's West End is Broadway's award-winning Memphis   at the Shaftesbury Theatre, sta…

TANGO FIRE

Argentine dance troupe Tango Fire recently performed their new show Flames of Desire for two weeks at Sadler's Wells …

MISS SAIGON

This week I took my buddy to see Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre, courtesy of londontheatre1.com .  Cameron Mack…

The Little Match Girl

I recently went to Sadler's Wells to watch celebrated choreographer Arthur Pita's The Little Match Girl, the dance…

Christmas Ballet

Going to the ballet at Christmas is one of my favourite traditions.  It's one of my favourite things to do all year ro…

GARRY WINOGRAND RETROSPECTIVE IN PARIS

Garry Winogrand was an American photographer (1928-1984) who documented modern life on the city streets in his native New Y…

JUNE INSTAGRAM PHOTOS

In June we went down to Brighton for the weekend for a friend's birthday, watched as many World Cup games as I could, h…

April in Paris

I went back to Paris over Easter   - and sang April in Paris , one of my very favourite Ella Fitzgerald songs, in my head t…