LIFESTYLE

David Alden puts his cards on the table

David Alden puts his cards on the table

Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s The Queen of Spades at London Coliseum. Tchaikovsky was moved to tears by Hermann’s death. But in Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 novella the tormented Hermann, the compulsive ga ...
Book of the Week

Book of the Week

The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett Eva and Jim are nineteen and students at Cambridge when their paths first cross in 1958. Eva has a boyfriend, David, an ambitious actor who is also like Eva. The st ...
It’s never too late to learn something new

It’s never too late to learn something new

With Adult Learner’s Week (13th – 19th June – www.alw.org.uk ) well into its 24th year, we should all be celebrating the importance of a lifetime of learning by rediscovering an old hobby ...