Sophie Ellis-Bextor at the Villa, and a reminder that warmth on a stage still works.
Nice is underrated
Not offended
Katie Hopkins at the Gaiety. I went ready to enjoy myself. I did not.
Pilates comes home to Knockaloe
Nearly 3,000 gather at the birthplace of Pilates, missing one world record but breaking another.
The King, Lord of Mann
The King’s first visit as Lord of Mann: an address to Tynwald, the crowds out in force, and 150 years of the horse trams.
Cambridge with the Bankers
The Master’s Summer Dinner at Jesus College, then colleges, pubs, tower steps, and the Botanic Garden.
Sink or swim
The famous tin bath races in Castletown harbour, where sinking is less a risk than a scheduled feature.
Goulash and grandeur
Four days in Budapest for a stag do: the old city, a Danube cruise, and one very loud morning.
Red Arrows over the bay
The Red Arrows over Douglas Bay during TT week, with a rainbow laid on as a backdrop.
The tall ship that came to stay
La Malouine aground on Ballure Beach, an inauspicious start for a ship that came to Ramsey to stay.
Fire over Peel
Oie Voaldyn returns to Peel with fire, folklore, and fifty Vikings from Shetland, as Summer and Winter do battle on the beach.
