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Dance / 30 May 2025
Flamenco festival
30 May 2025

PETER MASON is wowed (and a little baffled) by the undeniably ballet-like grace of flamenco

IT'S JUST NOT CRICKET: Protesters demonstrate outside Lord's Cricket Ground in London, on February 25 2025, against England playing Afghanistan in a Champions Trophy match, as female participation in sport has effectively been outlawed in Afghanistan since the Tailban returned to power in 2021
Books / 25 May 2025
Sticky wicket
25 May 2025

PETER MASON is surprised by the bleak outlook foreseen for cricket’s future by the cricketers’ bible

(L) Mudlark kneels on a rocky shore, collecting objects; (R) Medieval pilgrim badge. Pics © London Museum
Exhibitions / 22 April 2025
The marvels of mudlarking
22 April 2025

PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river

POWER-DRESSING: Miriam Grace Edwards as Mary in Mrs Presiden
Theatre Review / 5 February 2025
Tradwife pic dilemma
5 February 2025
PETER MASON applauds a thought-provoking study of the relationship between a grieving woman and her photographer
CONSTRUCTIVISM FOR KIDS: Ballet Shoes at the National Theatr
Theatre Review / 9 December 2024
Orphan girls find their gift 
9 December 2024
PETER MASON is moved by a striking production of Noel Streatfeild’s enduringly popular children’s book
DOUBLE TAKE: Dominic Semwanga and Megan Keaveney as Fes and
Theatre review / 4 December 2024
Festive Feste fare
4 December 2024
PETER MASON reckons the NYT’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy is the pick of the Christmas shows on offer in London 
FEELING THE CHILL: Le Concert Spiritual play St James Spanis
Music review / 25 November 2024
Spiritual chiller
25 November 2024
PETER MASON shivers in the under-heated ecclesiastical setting of a concert featuring five 19th-century French composers 
Doreene Blackstock and Cash Holland in A Raisin In The Sun
Theatre Review / 15 October 2024
Outstanding US kitchen sink drama
15 October 2024
PETER MASON applauds a classic drama exploring assimilation and resistance among poor black inhabitants of a Chigago slum
Suzy Kohane, Josie Benson and Edith Vernes in French Toast
Theatre review / 9 October 2024
Lost in translation
9 October 2024
PETER MASON is disappointed by a clunky comedy that falls flat
Theatre review / 29 August 2024
A charming version of the tale of the hard-hearted giant
29 August 2024
PETER MASON is enchanted by a unique take on the Oscar Wilde favourite delivered through the ancient form of marionettes
KEW JUMPING: Fairies in Theatre on Kew's production of Midsu
Theatre review / 30 July 2024
Missing the Kew
30 July 2024
PETER MASON is unimpressed by an unsubtle production that disregards its woodland setting
(Left to right) Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, and An
Motorsport / 14 June 2024
24 Hours of Le Mans
14 June 2024
PETER MASON writes about the exhilarating race which kicks off in France this weekend, and the British drivers competing across three categories