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The court of Elsinore becomes a ship of state – or a ship of fools – in Rupert Goold’s production

The Call the Midwife Christmas special 2024 episode 1 takes us back to Poplar as our Nonnatus House favourites get ready for the festive season.

The author’s compelling second novel sees an actor return to the birthplace of her ancestors, only to discover the pieces of herself that were missing

Felines have been featured in fine, and not-so-fine, art since long before their memes and videos dominated the internet.

After opening in Stockbridge in 2015, Smith and Gertrude has opened their new Portobello location - bringing hand picked cheese and wine pairings down to the coast.

Before prospective readers can get to the opening chapter of Chris Womersley’s new novel The Diplomat, they will find themselves assailed with several pages listing past awards received by the author and supplying a range of accolades cut and pasted from reviews of his earlier works.

Long before the lakeside landmark was given its current moniker, Blundells Cottage was home to the Ginn family, who moved in not long after it was built around 1860.

Although Sean Holmes’s production has some nice touches, it fails to plumb the play’s existential depths and lacks emotional intensity

The City of Edinburgh Council approved the application this month from the wine bar, who have applied to open their second such premises in the Portobello area