Hail to the Tallis Scholars, the world’s finest choir of Renaissance music who were in London last night for their first concert in the magnificent St-Martin-in-the-Fields. It was a glorious programme of Antoine Brumel’s 12-part Earthquake…
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Review: My Fair Lady – London Coliseum
My Fair Lady has galloped into the London Coliseum this May, and it’s a bloomin’ loverly production. It’s the first major West End revival of the show for 21 years and comes to us via The…
Where is Ten Percent filmed? | Les London Locations
Sacré bleu, the French hit series Call my Agent (Dix Pour Cent) has had a British, or should I say a London makeover, and it’s made its recent debut over on Amazon Prime. The series follows…
Londoness Loves May 2022
May is a see-saw of a month: hot and fiery in parts and wet and wild in others. The parks are starting to groan with sun-worshippers, the pubs are spilling out onto pavements, and I’ve even…
Review: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie
I have just witnessed Jodie Comer performing a feat which even nine lives Villanelle wouldn’t be able to pull off: a one-hundred-minute solo performance on stage in Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter theatre, without an…
Londoness Loves April 2022
As I type this post, the Thames is swelling with rowers preparing for the Festival of Rowing and the annual Oxford and Cambridge Race taking place this April 3. It’s been three years since we’ve had…
Hever Castle: Anne Boleyn’s Childhood Home
I do enjoy a jaunt outside of London. Throw in a castle, anything about Henry VIII and a historical pub, and I’m there quicker than you can throw a jousting stick. And Hever Castle in Kent…
A Guide to the Platinum Jubilee Events in London
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II is officially the first British Monarch to serve for 70 years. To celebrate, the country will be celebrating her Platinum Jubilee with a range of exciting events, from royal jousting…
Londoness Loves March 2022
I’m pleased to report that the magnolia madness is settling in nicely across the capital and that the daffs are popping up to say a pre-springtime hello. Happy tossing to you all on this Pancake Day,…
Celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: The Gun Salute in Green Park
London kicked off Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today with a spectacular Gun Salute in Green Park. The event marks 70 years since The Queen’s Accession to the Throne and is the first of several…