Swan at The Globe Review

I haven’t been to The Globe Theatre since a school trip circa 1996, and from what I remember it mostly involved walking around in the rain for a good 7 hours, and then standing knackered and soaked in the theatre for what seemed like another couple of days.

Gin is in

Forget Hogarth’s dire warnings of the dangers of gin consumption; it doesn’t send you blind but it may make you grow a hipster beard. Nick checks out some of the latest examples of mother’s ruin.

Languedoc-Roussillon’s Rural Luxuries

France’s southwest Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the world’s biggest wine producers; chefs scooped 26 Michelin stars this year in the region alone, and its famous oysters are exported to China’s elite. So move over Provence, says Annabelle Hood, and let your sibling take some credit