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A programme of productions through to late August was released with the announcement. Image: The Rose Theatre / Twitter Kingstons Rose Theatre will reopen this June after an extended period of closure due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a statement published Wednesday, May 5, the beloved riverside theatre announced an extensive list of productions spanning from June through late August as they sought to return from months of closure with a bang. Rose Chief Executive Robert O’Dow...

Comedy and circus sensation Thom Monckton will astound you in The Artist: an incredible feat of physical strength, skilled theatrics, and comedic storytelling. The show combines hilarious clowning and physical theatre about the rough graft of an artist. tickets circa.co.nz 45 Cents an Hour Performed by Dominic Hoey, with Rose Northey, 45 Cents an Hour tackles classism and gate keeping in our arts institutions, tracking Dominic’s journey from rapper and performance poet, to theatre maker a...

He captivated readers around the world with Captain Corellis Mandolin, his tale of a doomed love affair set in wartime Greece. But it seems that best-selling author Louis de Bernieres no longer melts hearts north of the England-Scotland border. For I can disclose that he has just been unceremoniously sacked as Patron of the British Banjo Mandolin and Guitar Federation because of, he believes, his views about how to resolve the question of Scottish independence. I have actually been cancelled, h...

Greek islands guide: 11 of the best hotspots to book in Greece this summer Cordelia Aspinall Don’t pretend you haven’t been trawling AirBnb already. All going well, from May, all Britons with or without a vaccine passport will be welcomed with open arms to the Greek islands for a much-needed post-lockdown getaway. Greek tourism minister Haris Theocharis is already dreaming of a throng of tourists returning to the islands to catch that famous Santorini sunset - and you know ...

Imagine mingling with some of your favourite authors while enjoying wonderful food and drink, and beautiful landscapes along the way!  Now you can, with the UK’s most popular literary festival setting sail in what is sure to be an unmissable experience with the cream of British writing talent. The Henley Literary Festival featuring talks, interviews and more from a host of top writers, will take place on board an Emerald Waterways Star-Ship during an eight-day journey along the mighty Danube...

ON the eve of the Second World War a Labour MP, Arthur Greenwood, stepped up to the despatch box in the House of Commons. He appeared unnerved by a shout of encouragement from the Conservative side of the House. The Tory backbencher Leo Amery was sickened by the appeasement policy pursued by his own prime minister Neville Chamberlain. Amery yelled out: “Speak for England, Arthur!” and Arthur did. He argued for the necessity of war with Hitler, helping pull the country together. But when...

BREXIT has triggered a rise in anti-Scottish sentiment in England, according to academics who have uncovered a “surprising” number of…

BORIS Johnson came to Scotland last week: much trailed and talked about but certain to have no lasting effect. This was the week where a once-revered Scottish institution announced it had fallen on hard times. Once popular with Edinburgh ladies of a certain age and the middle-classes who believed that they had a refined taste and lifestyle; the similarities between Jenners department store on Princes Street, Edinburgh and the Scottish Tories, are many. This illustrates the long-term ­colla...

  Ron McKays Diary: So how much is it finally going to cost you and me to settle malicious prosecutions of Rangers administrators? PREMIUM GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Former Rangers chief executive Charles Green leaves court surrounded by police on September 2, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. Green was the chairman of Scottish football club Rangers from 2012 to 2013 and was arrested along HOW much is it finally going to cost you and me to settle the malicious prosecutions of the Rangers a...

Sir Tom Devine (left) accused Louis de Bernieres of displaying a sinister and dangerous side to nationalism EMINENT historian Professor Sir Tom Devine has hit back at Louis de Bernieres after he claimed that “the constant complaining and smug grandstanding” from those in favour of Scottish independence had alienated many English people. De Bernieres, who won widespread recognition for his 1994 work Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, claimed that “the barely concealed Anglophobia of to...