Anyone who has wasted hours of their life in the kitchen beaded with sweat as they prepare an ornate risotto or a slow-cooked stew will know that a rollicking time with their guests will have to come at the tail-end of the night. Is it of any surprise that the “fuss-free” Roasting Tin series by Rukmini Iyer has now made over a million sales? After all, it is premised on the satisfyingly simplistic formula of: chop it all up, bung in a tin, go and join your guests in yuletide merriment and let the oven polish off the job.
The success of the International Opera Awards is intellectual rigour
At the awards ceremony in Munich this year, a jury dug deep into the purpose of opera and its impact on society.Â