Great British Boltholes: Hexham’s Langley Castle is an award-winning medieval marvel with some ghostly goings on… Langley Castle in Northumberland is the North East England Hotel of the Year It’s a castle hotel with ‘medieval redoubt’ decor and ‘excellent hospitality’ There’s a small cocktail bar and a restaurant serving ‘posh and delicious’ food By Neil Armstrong … Read more
Susannah Cahalan’s The Great Pretender is a gripping work of detection into the 1973 experiment that changed the course of psychiatry By Sarah Ditum Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 21 January 2020 The Great Pretender Susannah Cahalan … Read more
Pet Shop Boys Hotspot Out Friday Rating: If anyone ever tells you that modern music is dumb, … Read more
Great British Boltholes: Finding Seven heaven at a hip new boutique hotel… in Southend Seven Hotel is a glitzy affair with its gold designer lamps and cool cocktail bar The restaurant, Aurum, serves contemporary dishes often using local produce There are 37 rooms in total divided into cosy, calm and comfy categories By T D … Read more
God Of Carnage Theatre Royal Bath Touring until February 15, 1hr 30mins Rating: Britain gets more mealy-mouthed, censorious and po-faced by the day. Which is why French playwright Yasmina Reza’s comedy – which gives sanctimonious, rich metropolitans a right kicking – … Read more
The Personal History Of David Copperfield Cert: PG, 1hr 59mins Rating: As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners – basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – and losers. Unfortunately, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History … Read more
Holy Holy Bonus Arena, Hull Rating: In the annals of … Read more
An Inspector Calls… Ye Olde Bell in Nottinghamshire is a ‘welcoming sort of place’ – but please turn down the radio Ye Olde Bell is a former coaching inn in Barnby Manor, near Retford There are 60 rooms and people come from ‘far and wide’ to visit the spa The Inspector couldn’t quite forgive being … Read more
The late Deborah Orr’s excellent memoir, Motherwell, charts her vexed relationship with her parents in impassioned yet tender prose By Anthony Quinn Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:11 GMT, 26 January 2020 Motherwell Deborah Orr … Read more
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London’s first two Chandos issues are fantastic with music that rewards attention and is worth discovering By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London Korngold Rating: Escales – French Orchestral Works … Read more