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The Ballad of Wallis Island review: ‘hits the sweet spot’ ★★★★★

This gently strummed folk take will make your heart sing

By John Nathan

1 min read

June 12, 2025 15:49

Sweet melodies: Tim Key (left) and Tom Basden

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’

Lara Pulver and Adam Dannheisser reveal what it’s like to play husband and wife in the latest garlanded production of the world’s most loved musical

By John Nathan

7 min read

June 12, 2025 11:36

Happy together: Adam Dannheisser and Lara Pulver in Fiddler on the Roof (Credit: Marc Brenner)

Travel

Move over Napa – it’s all about Santa Barbara

The ‘American Riviera’, with its stunning vistas and delectable local wines, might just be the country’s best spot for viticulture

By Anna Pointer

5 min read

June 12, 2025 09:54

Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara. (Photo: Mar Monte Hotel)

documentary

‘They would call me a Jewish dog, a Jewish pig and spit on me’

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov on a new film documenting his ordeal in Gaza

By Nicole Lampert

6 min read

June 11, 2025 11:29

Son of Israel: Omer Shem Tov re-enacting his captivity in a tunnel

Musical Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★

This Fiddler is both lyrical gold and the best antidote to the myths driving today’s tsunami of Jew-hate

By John Nathan

2 min read

June 11, 2025 09:48

Shtetl life: the cast of Fiddler on the Roof on stage at the Barbican (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Mental health

‘I thought I absolutely hated being a mum and was a failure of a woman’

Sarah Hoover on her new memoir detailing a terrifying year of postpartum depression

By Elisa Bray

5 min read

June 10, 2025 15:54

Mum's the word: Sarah Hoover and her book Photo: Beowulf Sheehan

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Latest from Life

The Ballad of Wallis Island review: ‘hits the sweet spot’ ★★★★★

Fiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’

Move over Napa – it’s all about Santa Barbara

‘They would call me a Jewish dog, a Jewish pig and spit on me’

Fiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★

‘I thought I absolutely hated being a mum and was a failure of a woman’