The delights of Lake Garda
by Nigel Heath Brooding peaks appeared and disappeared out of the swirling mist as our tour bus headed arrow like down the pass through the Western Alps towards Turin. A red rear brake warning light w ...
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The Marriage of Figaro is a lot of fun
Robert Tanitch reviews ENO’s The Marriage of Figaro at London Coliseum Can Figaro stop his master, Count Almaviva, from exercising his rights (droit du seigneur) and bedding his bride before he does? ...
Books on Vienna, Battles, History, World War 1
Robert Tanitch’s Round-up of Books No 2 (2018) Vienna 1900 Complete (Thames & Hudson £85) Vienna is the focal point of the modern age. Vienna is the melting pot of Old Europe. People flock to Vien ...
In the footsteps of the Habsburgs
“It was like going from technicolour to black and white,” says our tour guide Sabine Mueller, as we drive towards the Brandenburg Gate. Which is exactly how I remember my one-day teenage sojourn from ...