Beguiling beginners: theatre festival champions under­represented artists

Humble Grape raises the bar for cosy wine venues

Review: Crocodile Fever, at Arcola Theatre

Review: The Line of Beauty, at Almeida Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: The Railway Children; Hampstead Garden Opera; Rebecca Clarke; St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Site seer: how novel captures the variety of Caribbean British experience

‘I think people are realising the importance of actual engagement’

Llerena: a love letter to the flavours of Extremadura

Review: The Wanderers, at Marylebone Theatre

Review: The Assembled Parties, at Hampstead Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Dead Man Walking; The Makropulos Case; Der Wald; London Festival of Baroque Music

Grooves: Doc ‘n’ Roll; Tom Robinson; Olly Murs; Bob Vylan; Public Service Broad­casting

African-set version of Macbeth is a brilliant re-imagining

Histories that matter

House of horror: how murders of women inspired extraordinary book

‘There was this strange sense of magic that the Henrions left behind’

Humble Grape – a cosy wine bar done simply, done well

Review: Fanny, at King’s Head Theatre

Review: Ragdoll, at Jermyn Street Theatre

Review: The Unbelievers, at Royal Court