The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Travel
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oceans and discuss wildlife, conservation and the legacy of his father, Jacques, on two sailings with Crystal Cruises later this year, one of them an Amazon Discovery cruise.
A 23-night cruise on Crystal Symphony, round-trip from Fort Lauderdale, departs Nov 8 2018. From £5,610 per person excluding flights (0207 399 7601; crystalcruises.co.uk). film that gave inspiration to underdogs everywhere. “I can remember it now, like it was yesterday, even though it has been nearly 30 years,” he told
The Daily Telegraph. Edwards has confessed to being a cruise, as well as a snow addict, and will give a talk about his remarkable life story on this sailing from Southampton.
The seven-night Scandinavia cruise departs round-trip from Southampton on Sept 1 2018, and calls at Copenhagen. From
£899 per person (0344 338 8663; princess.com). journey to becoming artistic director of a major festival celebrating Shakespeare has been nothing short of remarkable.
“I knew nothing of theatre when I was invited to become the musical director of a Shakespeare production in Oxford,” he says. “But I fell in love with the musicality and the rich imagery of the language.”
Dr Crilly’s Cambridge Shakespeare Festival has run for more than three decades, and he is sure to provide an illuminating perspective on characters such as Mark Antony and Cleopatra on a Voyages to Antiquity cruise from Athens to India.
Given that he also still plays in rock bands, it’s not too much a stretch to predict that he will provide plenty of engaging conversation