“Britannia-like strong matriarchal figures appear all over the place”
Read More“it was the only part of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ceremony that was not televised – because of its sacred nature”
Read More“tidings of comfort and joy”
Read More“this huge difference-maker of a man”
Read More“I’ve chosen several key Christmases to focus on”
Read More“the sun, blood-red on the eastern marshes behind dark masts and yards, seemed filled with the ruins of a forest it had set on fire”
Read More“I can remember, I can remember the months of November and December”
Read More“it changed the experience of theatre-going”
Read More“we’re just about to put them in the oven”
Read More“It is remorselessly beautiful, it looks exactly as it did in the 1870s”
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