The first in an occasional series of suggestions for dining out in the region EVERSHOT might be seen as the quintessential Dorset village, with its history writ large on the main street and the rolling countryside that surrounds it. Eight miles south of the sprawling commercialism of Yeovil and the second highest village in the…
FORAGING is the fashionable word in food circles, but in fact country people have been doing this for centuries (for ever!) and the first, and still the finest, guide to foraging for wild food is Food For Free, by this country’s greatest natural history writer, Richard Mabey. But a new book from two women who…
IT is a very long way from Mere in Wiltshire to Mongolia. It is not just the thousands of miles – daunting though they are – but the massive difference in language, culture, history and geography between northern Europe and one of the most remote regions of the Far East. But when farmers market member…
CHARLOTTE Keatley’s play My Mother Said I Never Should is on stage at Yeovil’s Swan Theatre until Saturday 21st September, directed by Ian White. It’s an oddly unbalanced piece, with moments of poignant lyrical writing interspersed with clunky efforts at progressing the story. It starts with four young girls playing on a waste ground, discussing…
KANDER and Ebb’s musical version of Cabaret opened on Broadway in 1966, was made into an eight Oscar-winning film, and has been produced on stages around the world ever since. You won’t see a better production than the current tour, directed by Rufus Norris, starring Will Young and at Bristol Hippodrome until Saturday 21st September….
THAT most varied of playwrights Peter Shaffer wrote the double bill The Private Ear and The Public Eye back in 1962, the fledgling days of the Swinging Sixties, and it provided a vehicle for the actress who was to become the Dowager Countess of Grantham to exhibit her comic versatility. Now on its first major…
HAVING already taken us back to the reality of the seventies in Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon, director Ron Howard returns to the decade again to bring us the “true story” of the feud between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Formula One fans will remember the 1976 season, covered by the BBC in short highlights programmes, usually…
ERNEST Thompson’s play On Golden Pond is best known this side of the Atlantic as an award-winning film that starred father and daughter Henry and Jane Fonda, and provided a catalyst for their exploration of their own difficult relationship. Now the original play opens Salisbury Playhouse’s autumn season, played on an atmospheric set designed by…
WE love raspberries and with a Scottish heritage we are also partial to a good malt whisky, so the latest postcard recipe from Shaftesbury-born chef Philippa Davis really hit the spot! Philippa is a private chef whose various commissions and invitations ensure she is always on the move. She now her own website, and sends…
ITALY and art have always made a perfect blend – but in a small village called Dozza, the two go together in a rather surprising way.