Coming in June Bradt Guides: the chance to share tea, seedcake & samosas with Peggy & her #AngloIndian friends in small-town #India , remembering moonlight picnics, pet mongooses, foxtrots & 'railway lamb curry': bradtguides.com/product/teatim…

Just over a month before this is published by Bradt Guides - which is a bit nerve-wracking... bradtguides.com/product/teatim…

Cosy & classy & in the heart of the picturesque dry-stone-wall Yorkshire Dales: The Red Lion at Burnsall, Wharfedale – Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine (on-magazine.co.uk)

Interesting piece Raaja Bhasin (though I don't knit...) As you mention Anglo-Indians, you might be interested in this, written by me & Steve & being published in June: bradtguides.com/product/teatim…

'A mesmerising two-and-a-half hours of consummate dancing and story-telling... both absorbing and affecting'...

Musicians' jobs are on the line at the Northern Ballet. To support Musicians' Union union members who are fighting to protect their jobs and save live ballet, you can sign their petition: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/nort… via @megaphoneuk

And On: Yorkshire, What's On, Theatre Guide, Gig Guide

A characterful 17th Century coaching inn, perfectly placed for the Yorkshire Dales, Forest of Bowland & Lake District ThwaitesBeerandPubs: on-magazine.co.uk/travel/yorkshi…

'Part-evangelical revival meeting, part courtoom... ' With a moral message that's ever-relevant.

There's no doubting this hotel's Wow! factor. Not just its fabulous position, but also its magnificent interior - plus a very warm welcome, and a sumptuous aftternoon tea.

'A heartstring-tugging celebration of friendship and bravery' - and tragically as relevant today as when the book was written 6 years ago...

'A dizzying, dazzling starburst of amusement arcade video games, giant-screen road movie, 1950s Hollywood musical and Noughties drag club...' with a heart-stealing Toto the dog.

A funny, sharply-written distillation of the challenges of single-motherhood and adolescence, with captivating acting - and an excellent line about mushrooms Crucible Theatre

Replying to the barrage of racism against my son Sheku Kanneh-Mason this week. So many feel it’s ok to call for deportation, flogging, sending him ‘back to Africa’ and to use ‘Ni**er’ against someone trying to engage in a conversation about music and inclusion. Horror, rage, heartbreak.

BOOKS: A singular Sheffield upbringing remembered in Catherine Taylor's memoir 'The Stirrings', although the unremitting bleakness is at odds with reviewer Clare Jenkins's own Steel City recollections: on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-revi… Orion Publishing

HOTELS: Could City Suites II in #Manchester be the perfect place from which to explore the city?Helen Johnston pays a visit: on-magazine.co.uk/travel/hotel-r… CitySuitesUK

RIP annie nightingale. We interviewed her once. Always interesting and engaging. It's here, if interested: on-magazine.co.uk/interview/cele… #AnnieNightingale

A sparkling, swirling feast of Quality Street costumes, a very traditional setting and a masterclass in pirouettes, pas de deux, arabesques and entrechats.

BOOKS: The art of sheep farming on #Orkney , in an illuminating and dedicated book.
Clare Jenkins reviews 'The Lost Flock' by Jane Cooper: on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-revi… Chelsea Green Publishing

And yes, I know it was a while back, but if you've ever met HH the Dalai Lama, you may as well bask in the glow.