(possibly) William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Today is Shakespeare’s birthday, well, the day we call his birthday, it is also Saint George’s Day here in England. Let’s celebrate the great English poet then with his Sonnet 116, incorrectly numbered as…
Le baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville by Robert Doisneau (1950) Well, don’t blame me for being soppy, it’s St Valentine’s Day and I’d much rather celebrate it with some great art than all those lurid reds and pinks, heart-shaped balloons…
I have to declare an interest here as Henry Bell is a relative, that doesn’t make him any the less talented as a theatre director and shouldn’t stop me writing about how much I enjoyed my visit to the Orange…