Cabaret at Leeds Grand Theatre – A Review

Cabaret is based on I Am A Camera, written by John Van Druten and adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin. The current production differs from the original in that several songs have been replaced. By the way, the play garnered the shortest, but wittiest review in history when Walter Kerr of the New York […]

Hidden Harewood – Harewood Food and Drinks Project with Josh Whitehead

Life never ceases to amaze me and the ingenuity and creativity of people amazes me even more. Last night I enjoyed one of the best culinary experiences I have ever had, and as I am pushing 68 years old that is some feat. The venue was the grounds of Harewood House where there is an […]

Let’s Do Lunch at Trinity Kitchen’s Latest Part 1

In very many ways I am an extremely lucky man. The most precious way this shows itself is that I have four or five close friends which is four or five more than I deserve. One of them, many years ago, had a joke that he used to repeat to everyone he met which was […]

Jeremy Hardy at Leeds City Varieties – Reviewed

I really do not know where to begin with this review. Let me start by saying that Jeremy Hardy is a very good comedian. I know this because of the laughter emanating from the members of the audience, especially the woman sitting next to me who was the dream of all funnymen, in that she […]

Let’s Do Lunch at East 59th

What with one thing and another I have not done a Let’s Do Lunch for quite some time. As those of you who have been reading my articles for will know, I am asked cover the openings of new restaurants which is very nice but it means that the experience I am privileged to enjoy […]