ExperienceDomestic violence'I felt scared and ashamed of what I'd done. I apologised and thought it was a one-off, but it was a pattern that would carry on for the next 10 years'The first time I struck him was during an argument over money. He'd decided to pay off a loan without telling me and we'd gone overdrawn. I was worried and tried to discuss it with him, at which point he left the room. Read More...
ObituaryRafael AlbertiMember of the 'Generation of 27' who moved on from painting to reinvigorate Spanish poetryWith the death of Rafael Alberti at the age of 96, Spain has lost the last representative of the outstanding poets of the "Generation of 27", who renewed the spirit and forms of Spanish poetry, and included such figures as Federico Garcia Lorca, the Nobel laureate Vicente Aleixandre and Luis Cernuda.
Rafael Alberti was born in the Andalucian port of Puerto de Santa Maria near Cadiz. Read More...
TheatreReviewUstinov, Bath
Florian Zeller’s Molière award-winning play, starring Lia Williams and Kenneth Cranham, takes us into the confused world of an elderly man and his carer daughterThere is usually a moment in the theatre, often after the first few minutes or the first few scenes, when you start to relax into a play. You are confident that you have a grip on it; all anxiety about making sense of the action disappears. Read More...