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Looks like everybody and their mum’s mum is packing some royal lineage around here. According to Bryce, growing up he thought he was destined for greatness: “My dad was going on about how I had the same cheek bones as my great, great, great grandfather. Allegedly this guy was the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and I didn’t know what that meant but I thought I was in line for some kind of throne,” reveals Bryce (displaying a fundamental misunderstanding of succession and Irish history). “I thought I was off to Ireland to wear jewels, and remember telling my friends I was now ‘in charg...

Last modified on Fri 12 Feb 2021 10.54 EST Animal magic as never before: Song of Beasts: Fantastic Creatures in Medieval Song(Ramée), by Ensemble Dragma, features 14th- and 15th-century works related to animals. The beasts are grouped under six headings, among them Hear Me Roar, On the Art of Hunting and On Bats and Mice. If you’ve seen creatures depicted in carvings on church pews, ivories, or in the bestiaries popular in the period, you’ll respond to these spare, atmospheric songs. The singer is (chiefly) Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, who also plays harp, with Marc Lewon and Jane Ach...

ALTERNATIVES: Sweet Pepper Cafe will provide plant-based foods to the Barrow community READERS have reacted after a vegan cafe boss was forced to respond to a diner bemused by his plant-based burger. An online review posted on TripAdvisor slammed Barrow's Sweet Pepper Cafe the customer was bamboozled by the eatery's vegan offerings. The customer said they were forced to rush off and find a 'proper burger' after not realising the cafe served only a plant-based menu. Owner Mig Carbonell received support from American and Canada after his stinging response to the diner on the site went v...