The French soloist Hélène Grimaud has been replaced on both of the past two nights with the Basel Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival and the Swiss Tannay Festival. She will also miss the rest […]
Jean Cocteau’s 135th Birthday Click here to watch This week also marks the 135th birthday of Jean Cocteau, the celebrated French author, playwright, artist and director. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – […]
Pride and Prejudice – Jermyn Street Theatre It’s been quite a week for women in bonnets. First, all three Brontes, then, inevitably, Jane Austin. At Jermyn Street there’s an entertaining adaptation of Miz Jane’s most famous […]