Brew back in time
Nostalgic Jackie O’Beirne has decided it’s wartime for tea – and opened a 1940’s-style cafe. She has filled it with 1940s inspired sideboards, tables and chairs and decorated i ...
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The first book in the historical saga of France published in English
The Brethren by Robert Merle With the current interest in historical novels set in the 16th century following the life and times of Tudor England, it is easier to imagine the French setting for The B ...
The irresistible charm of Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice
Robert Tanitch Reviews Hobson’s Choice at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London Harold Brighouse’s comedy is regularly revived and rightly so. Of all the plays of the Manchester School of sentim ...