Hints and tips:
...Although I wasn’t persuaded by trompe l’oeil trousers painted to look like jeans, because ultimately, they still look like unflattering “dad denim”....
...Vintage French linens and furniture adorn the guest rooms, there’s a Guerlain spa, and the acclaimed restaurant La Case de l’Isle specialises in French-influenced cuisine....
...For subsequent collections, he has built on many of the tropes of his first; trompe-l’oeil embroidery, rich embellishment, pretty blouses and fitted jackets....
...The ghastly family members were more potently characterised, especially Susan Bullock’s uptight battleaxe, Miss Wingrave, Richard Berkeley-Steele’s formidable Sir Philip and Janis Kelly’s brittle Mrs Julian...
...It was a neat idea to put these two one-act operas – Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi – together as a pair....
...A.L. Kennedy is the author of ‘Day’ (Jonathan Cape)...
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