The Game’s Afoot – Enfants Terribles at Madame Tussaud Coming in July 2016, this immersive adult only experience is run by Les Enfants Terribles. It’s an interactive Whodunit led by actors and set in Victorian England….
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A RIGHT ROYAL CELEBRATION
It’s been a merry week, with London celebrating the Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, St George’s Day and the 400th anniversary the death of William Shakespeare. London was awash with Union Jack flags, the Dubonnet flowed in honour…
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
The American photographer Slim Aarons, who snapped “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places,” is on show at The Getty Images Gallery in Soho until the 7th May. Aarons’ photos capture the razzle-dazzle and the…
HOLI COW!
Holi is an ancient Hindu celebration which is also known as the Festival of Colours. It marks the end of winter and the start of the spring harvest season. All over India, the day after the…
A DAY AT THE RACES
It’s The Races today. Not Ascot, silly: The Oxford and Cambridge! I’ve always been a Cambridge supporter. Why? It was all about Maurice, the luminous 1987 Merchant Ivory film set in Cambridge, with James Wilby and a floppy-haired Hugh…
HOT CROSS MUM
It’s the usual mayhem and madness. School breaks up in an hour, and Mrs Bunny has yet to procure a single Easter egg. With a household diet of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, “I’m on a diet” or “I don’t give…