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It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.
It followed some...
Davis, National Symphony Orchestra, Maloney, National Concer...
In one sense it was a New Year’s Day “nearly”, just stopping short of giving us the already great Irish lyric-dramatic soprano Jennifer Davis in...
Albums of the Year 2024: Mk.gee - Two Star and the Dream Pol...
Mk.gee has been an unexpected thread in a year of music that’s pulled me in many different directions, punctuating the need for unique, sonically...
SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne...
Having carved a swathe of terror and destruction through the Axis forces in North Africa, the SAS return for a second series (again written by...
Best of 2024: Classical music concerts
As always, great concerts have outnumbered great opera productions over a year, and all of our national orchestras can be proud of their record. I...
Best of 2024: Dance
In an ideal world an end-of-year roundup would applaud only new ventures – fresh productions that you may curse for having missed but whose...
Best of 2024: Books
Billie Holiday sings again, Olivia Laing tends to her garden, and Biran Klaas takes a chance: our reviewers discuss their favourite...
Albums of the Year 2024: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild...
Young eldritch junkie Nick Cave would have struggled to predict his maturity as a font of wry and sacred wisdom, or the fathomless loss he...
The Split: Barcelona, BBC One review - a soapy special with...
Maybe it was the timing, even though most of the action takes place in bright sunlight...
