Spice girl: Kate proves partial to a chilli chutney as she meets restaurant team The Princess of Wales was visiting the Golden Mile in Leicester. Evening Standard · Mar 5
Così fan tutte at ENO: Has a broad humour that Mozart might have enjoyed 4/5 English National Opera’s production of Mozart’s classic transports the tale to 1950’s Coney Island with dazzling mayhem the result Evening Standard · Feb 9
Kate Middleton just made a strong case for dove-grey as a softer alternative to black for the colder months She visited RAF Coningsby as Royal Honorary Air Commodore wearing a mix of tailoring and knitwear - all in this versatile shade Woman & Home · Oct 3, 2025
Kate ‘takes flight’ over Lincolnshire during visit to RAF base The Princess of Wales met pilots at RAF Coningsby, where aircraft wait on stand-by to respond to threats to the national airspace. Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025
Bird flu-surviving gannets continue to breed but birth rate down, study finds Researchers believe key reasons include birds struggling to find new partners after their previous ones were killed in the 2021-23 disease outbreak. The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Renewable energy budget increased to over £1.5bn as record funding allocated for clean power The funding uplift represents more than a 50 per cent increase on the budget previously set in March The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
Marx in London! review – Dove’s opera is capital entertainment A magnificent cast led by Roland Wood and Stephen Barlow’s vivid staging ensure that Scottish Opera’s production of Jonathan Dove’s rumbustious farce is both cogent and witty The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024
Who is James Watt? BrewDog founder engaged to Made in Chelsea's Georgia Toffolo The couple announced their engagement after a holiday in Greece Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024
Masque of Might review – recycled Purcell hybrid is inventive and chaotic fun Soprano Anna Dennis is a compelling presence at the heart of David Pountney’s exuberant production – a collage of some 40 pieces of Purcell’s music. But it risks losing its serious message in the glories of the music The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Carmen review – a true-crime thriller with an uneasy heroine Scottish Opera’s new production makes the most of the work’s reinstated spoken-word sections, but suffers from a lack of charisma in its star The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023
Il Trittico review – Scottish Opera’s vivid new staging has humour and heartbreak David McVicar’s atmospheric production of Puccini’s triptych gains from magnificent performances by Roland Wood and, in her company debut, Sunyoung Seo The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023
Ainadamar review – vibrant and deft production brings Golijov’s opera to the UK Deborah Colker’s staging of the Argentinian composer’s tale of the poet Lorca is clever and effective, with Scottish Opera’s orchestra capturing the musical colours and the score’s collage of influences The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022
Candide review – Voltaire and Bernstein enter the social media era A brilliantly reimagined and boldly immersive promenade performance, complete with flashmob choir, plays to the strengths of Leonard Bernstein’s witty operetta The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022
Kate Middleton jokes her dog will be upset after she enjoys cuddle with therapy pup Kate Middleton and Prince William visited Clitheroe Community Hospital in Lancashire this afternoon, where the Duchess sported a Massimo Dutti coat that she's worn on at least two other occasions Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022