ReBalance Bath Festival of Wellbeing 2025
What better city in the UK to hold a Wellbeing festival than Bath, the nation’s most famous spa town. Rebalance Bath – Festival of Wellbeing is from 30 January to…
Hospitality, Heritage and Northern Lights at the Tynemouth Castle Inn
On his first visit to Tynemouth and Newcastle upon Tyne, Mark Bibby Jackson receives a hospitable welcome at the Tynemouth Castle Inn. The recently refurbished, Tynemouth Castle Inn is a…
Art Yard Bar & Kitchen Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews the Art Yard Bar & Kitchen, Bankside Hotel, Autograph Collection, and discovers a comforting and refreshing experience. There was a time you would never consider eating…
The Motive and the Cue Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews The Motive and the Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre. Motive and the Cue is a play about contrast. Jack Thorne’s play directed by Sam Mendes…
Bristol Light Festival 2025, UK
Bristol Light Festival, the award-winning winter festival will return in January 2025 with a stunning interactive and captivating light installation trail that will set the western British city alight. The…
The Kensington Hotel Review and Chanel Exhibition
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at The Kensington hotel in London and take in the Chanel Exhibition at the V&A. The Irish are surely the perfectly-equipped hoteliers. The national…
Durham a County of Light and Culture
Neil Hennessy-Vass discovers the cultural attractions in Durham, a county that has a wonderful cultural past, present and future. The LNER train took me from Kings Cross in London to…
The Grand Brighton Review : Changing with the Tides
Mark Bibby Jackson checks into The Grand Brighton and really does have a grand time in the Palace by the Sea. The Grand Brighton hotel has always been a place…
Connor Burns Vertigo Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews Connor Burns at the Soho Theatre London, part of the Scottish comedian’s Vertigo tour. It is not often that I come home from a comedy gig…
Guided Walking in the Yorkshire Dales with HF Holidays
Mark Bibby Jackson does some guided walking in the Yorkshire Dales with HF Holidays to Gordale Scar and Bolton Abbey. I’ve never been a great fan of footwear. Barefooted is…
Le Petit Chef Restaurant : Dining with the World’s Smallest Chef
Maria Boyle takes her family to Le Petit Chef London to enjoy a meal with the world’s smallest chef which was of the highest standard. As a mum-of-three daughters aged…
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto, V&A
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto is the Victoria & Albert Museum’s latest blockbuster exhibition. Judith Schrut has been to view. It’s fitting that the V&A, the world’s greatest museum of art…
Kanishka by Atul Kochhar New Menu Review
Mark Bibby Jackson tastes the new menu at Kanishka Mayfair to discover a refreshing take on the capital’s Indian restaurant cuisine. When I heard that Kanishka restaurant had launched a…
In the Offing, Turner Contemporary
In the Offing, a new exhibition by Turner-prize winning artist Mark Leckey, will be on show at the Turner Contemporary, Margate Kent from 7 October to 14 January. The exhibition…
Learn How London Blackjack Is Played & Why UK Players Like It
London Blackjack Variant Is Top Charted at UK Online Casinos Blackjack is one of the oldest tables to be played at casinos. Scholars have argued about the game’s origins, but…
London, A Guide for Curious Wanderers : Review
“London is the world’s greatest playground for the curious wanderer,” so starts Jack Chesher in his book London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers. By the end of reading his wonderfully…
Feasting on Crime at the Rudding Park Hotel Harrogate
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at the Rudding Park Hotel and Spa on their visit to Harrogate for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Charles Dickens thought it…
London Shopfronts : a Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews London Shopfronts with illustrations by Joel Holland and words by Rosie Hewitson, as well as a foreword by Asma Khan published by Prestel. London Shopfronts I…
6 Unmissable Global Festivals in October
From two of the most important festivals in the Indian calendar, to sausage festivals in Lincoln and Weimar, October is a month full of fun. Here is our selection of…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Review
Judith Schrut reviews Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, currently on its 65th Anniversary Tour, at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London and 12 venues across the UK, through 28 October. Alvin Ailey…
The Most Unique Christmas Destination, 2023
The holidays are almost here. As a culture, we have learned a lot in the past few years. We have learned, we never know what tomorrow holds. Most of us…
Inhabit Hotel on Southwick Street for a Mindful Break
So many of London’s hotels tend to be big, showy, and audacious, with an extra helping of elitism added on for good measure, but where do you rest your head…
A Mirror Review : Almeida Theatre
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews A Mirror by Sam Holcroft at the Almeida Theatre. I must admit to having something of a pathological aversion to weddings. So, when I am invited…
Young V&A Bethnal Green Review
The UK’s new, free museum for children, families and the young at heart has opened in London’s East End. Judith Schrut has a first look at the Young V&A. You…
