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With a world-class, cold-water swim training venue just up the coast from Cape Town, South Africans are smashing their way across the English Channel.

Jon and Jennifer Vickers had renovated this former livery, built in 1890, and carved a niche for independent films.

Peerless mezzo and conductor, promising tenor at the heart of this hard-to-stage hybrid. Opera review by David Nice

This colourful staging of the great Saint-Saëns opera is energetic and visually impressive, if a little lacking in interpersonal chemistry

She could play the diva, and developed a reputation for cancelling concerts, but she was acclaimed wherever she sang

CHILDREN who are going through cancer treatment at a Hampshire hospital had a wonderful day of respite as they took trips on more than 30 vintage…

Mezzo-soprano with a commanding presence as Bizet’s Carmen, Berlioz’s Dido and Wagner’s Fricka at Covent Garden

She tackled big dramatic roles in works by Wagner and Berlioz and created the role of Andromache in Tippett’s King Priam

With passion and determination, a 15-year old swimmer braved the cold weather when she swam 7.4 km from Eden on the Bay to Robben Island last week – without a wet suit.