The fabulous French chateau under 30 minutes from Paris May 13, 2025 Naomi Lloyd finds the perfect French countryside getaway, under an hour from Paris THE WEEKENDChantilly gave the world elegant lace and sweet, whipped cream. The small French town is also home to the magnificent but underrated Chateau de Chantilly, once the playground of princes, with an art gallery housing the largest collection of antique paintings [...]
Exclusive: Gaucho owner to shut City icon M Restaurant next week May 12, 2025 Iconic Square Mile dining spot M Restaurant is to shut for good next week after 10 years serving steak to the City. The move comes after founder Martin Williams left M’s parent company Rare Restaurants in October. Morning Wire understands new chief executive Baton Berisha, who assumed the role in March following spells at The [...]
Sir David Attenborough ‘really struggled’ with being famous, says director May 12, 2025 Sir David Attenborough has “really struggled” with fame, according to his director and producer of more than 40 years. In an interview with Morning Wire, Keith Scholey said Attenborough had struggled with the “whole celeb bit” of his job. “He absolutely is not interested in David Attenborough,” Scholey said. “But he is fundamentally interested in [...]
Spurred by hate, doomed by love – Sean Holmes’ impressive new take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet May 9, 2025 | City Talk Article written by guest writer, Emily Doherty “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”. The final line to one of the most famous love stories ever written of course, but certainly not the case for Shakespeare’s Globe’s new production of Romeo and Juliet. A mix of joyous [...]
Einkvan at The Coronet: Jon Fosse play is appropriately gruelling May 9, 2025 Einkvan | Coronet Theatre | ★★★★☆ “You don’t read my books for the plots,” Jon Fosse once said. The same is true of his theatre: His play Einkvan (Everyman) at The Coronet explores familiar ideas: doubles, grief, atomisation, fishing and painting, existentialism. Einkvan is particularly interested in the excruciating feeling of isolation, one that’s experienced [...]
Here We Are, National Theatre, review: Stephen Sondheim musical is more Severance than sing-a-long May 8, 2025 Here We Are review and star rating: ★★★★ Stephen Sondheim’s final musical is nothing like his most famous works – in fact, it’s barely a musical at all, but perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. As Here We Are writer David Ives remarked, the legend relished in challenging his loyal followers with reinvention. “Sondheim makes people crazy [...]
Visit a rooftop bar: London’s best sky-high drinking spots for summer May 8, 2025 Find your favourite rooftop bar: London’s latest openings for 2025 are listed below Provencal themes are jolting drinkers out of the capital and to the south of France this spring, as many of the best London rooftop bars deck out their outdoor areas with escapist design themes. That’s why we particularly love The Culpeper, who [...]
Another Simple Favour review: Blake Lively back after Baldoni battle May 7, 2025 Like her character Emily, Blake Lively launches her new film with an air of suspicion around her. Once one of the most popular stars in Hollywood, recent headlines have been less forgiving following the fallout from her previous project, 2024’s It Ends With Us. The former Gossip Girl star is embroiled in a legal battle [...]
How to fly to New York in style (and why The Devonshire is overrated) May 7, 2025 Flying to New York to visit the Evolv Collection Restaurants last week, I was reminded that the British Airways loyalty scheme conditions had changed. For reference, here are my own (slightly tongue in cheek) rules for any self-respecting ‘City Guy’ visiting Terminal Five: 1. Arrive at the airport in a cab and ask for the [...]
‘I’ve directed Sir David Attenborough for 40 years – these are my best stories’ May 7, 2025 Ocean with David Attenborough is in cinemas from tomorrow – its producer, a longtime colleague of Sir David’s, shares his favourite memories of working with the legendary broadcaster as he turns 99 Here’s a remarkable fact: when TV producer Keith Scholey first worked with Sir David Attenborough in 1983, the nature documentarian was approaching the [...]