Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French coast, is known for the scenery of its coastal cliffs. Autumn is a fine season for walking in Guernsey and the Autumn Walking Festival (11 to 26 September 2021) offers visitors a choice of over 40 morning, afternoon and evening guided walks. These are an excellent way to ex...

​While the weather was not all one would wish for, a light shower or two was not going to get in the way of the Open Air Theatre's production of Carousel.Nor would it deter those of us lucky enough to be in the audience for this innovative and thought provoking revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein 1945 follow up to Oklahoma.We Open Air regulars ...

Foreign visitors come to London from all over the world - and a good many of them make it to a West End show. Lavish musicals like Phantom, Cats, Mamma and Les Mis have real international appeal and in the months and years to come, Frozen, Cinderella and Cabaret are sure to follow suit. And then there is The Windsors Endgames, a lewd, expletive sma...

Let's cut quickly to the chase. The current revival of Cole Porter's 1930's Anything Goes at the Barbican is absolutely wonderful. The problem with reviewing this production is an inability to truly capture just how joyous the collective response was for those of us packing the auditorium (at last no social distancing). My last visit here, pre-lock...

The Algarve, the southernmost region in Portugal enjoys a 200km coastline and offers beaches, and a range of outdoor activities from surfing to cycling, walking, and bird watching. The abundance of nature and wildlife is complemented by some 300 days of sunshine a year. The region has the windswept coastal regions to the Algarvian Mountains, known ...

(18 September to 3 October 2021) The annual Somerset Open Studios presents work from over 300 Somerset artists in over 200 studios and spaces across the English county. Somerset is a county in South West England borders Gloucestershire Wiltshire, Dorset along with the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. The Open Studios provides the chance to meet ...