Michaela Bennison

On Saturday I went up to the Royal Academy of Music in London to see the Musical Theatre end of year shows (free complimentary tickets...

I have been watching a lot of YouTube in recent months (I kind of prefer it to most TV). One of the channels I watch regularly is the...

Two events in the arts world have caught my attention over the last few weeks. The first was the news that Michael Gove, in another...

So, part 3 of my "5 Days of Enchantment" blog-along has taken a little while coming. Apologies for the delay. I would say the upshot is...

It's part 2 of my "5 Days of Enchantment" blog-along. For those who don't know, "5 Days of Enchantment" is a glittery mini e-course...

As with almost all Jani Franck's brilliant free e-courses, I start "5 Days of Enchantment" 3 days late. Shameful, I know. But yesterday I...

So apparently, as humans we have a tendency to compare our own lives to other peoples. In case you didn't know, this can be very...

For those of you who haven't noticed, Award Season is well under way. In the past, awards like the BAFTAs, the Oscars and the Brits have...

Call me biased, but my impression of politicians is that they know very little about the arts. That's not to say I don't think...

So, it's now 1:23am GMT. For the past 20 minutes I have been sitting with my laptop open (as I have on several occasions this month)...