The Phion Orchestra with Annelien van Wauwe gave a sparkling performance
The Finnish music of Kaija Saariaho found dazzling exponents in the hands of two Belgian artists: Annelien Van Wauve and Martijn Dendievel
Vishandel Klijnstra – The Best Fish Stall on Enschede Market
My Food Heroes for today are Vishandel Klijnstra, a fabulous fish market stall found in H.J. van Heekplein, Enschede on a Tuesday and Saturday, and at Markt Enschede Zuid on a Thursday.
The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House. What a treat!
After a forced closure over Christmas and the New Year, the Royal Ballet’s latest production of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House as seen on Wednesday January 5th was a fantastic spectacle, brushing away all Covid-induced thoughts and inviting the audience to enter Hoffman’s magical world
Back Pain: The Modern Scourge!
How Yoga with Adriene cured my back pain, and improved the quality of life for so many other devoted followers, so say GQ and Ross Edgley
Hammiehoeve – a local egg producer and so much more!
Hammiehoeve, a wonderful small holding in the suburbs of Enschede, home to many beautiful free-range chickens, two pigs and two peacocks
My Love Affair with the Egg: How food writers and chefs have guided and inspired our cooking of this humble ingredient
The Egg I can trace my love affair with the humble egg back to childhood memories of my father bringing home a tray of eggs (36 in total) bought from…
Christmas cake: Why we eat it and when to bake it!
Childhood memories are often the most vivid and evoke emotions which otherwise lay dormant. It is in this context that I start my discussion on Christmas cake, a cake most…
Sofia Vasheruk plays Beethoven
The Oost-Nederlands Symfonieorkest offered an enticing programme featuring the Russian-born pianist, Sofia Vasheruk playing Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, the Emperor in the Ontmoetingkerk, Enschede on Saturday night. In a program originally…
Something Better Change
Armed with my new e-bike, I think nothing of cycling 30km plus a day, a feat never achieved in England where the roads are so dangerous in rural Suffolk
Sofia Vasheruk Delights Enschede!
Returning from performing in Venice earlier in the week, there was an audible gasp as Sofia Vasheruk (looking radiant in pink) and her husband, Andrey Nesterenko took to the stage…