Natalie Shaw
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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...
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Someone told me recently that Netflix subscribers can view just 22 films made before 1980. I've no idea if this is true (please correct me if not...
![Phoebe Horn, Éanna Hardwicke, and Mawaan Rizwan in 'Woman of Stone'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/498853-c58a907.jpg?itok=zlUUyjYy)
There are no white-sheeted ghosts in this year’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. The...
![Deck the halls: the Skeldale House gang assemble](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Creatures%20MAIN%20FINAL.jpg?itok=GXX0csaJ)
Since its revival in 2020, All Creatures Great and Small has drawn big audiences internationally and become Channel 5’s biggest hit, even...
![Homecoming heroes Travis returned to Glasgow](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/TRAVIS_LA_TIMES_PRESS_SHOT_PINK_BACKDROP_01._ANDY%20SWAP_FINAL.jpg?itok=FuqCpquf)
Travis arrived onstage with the theme tune from classic sitcom Cheers as an accompaniment. The cavernous OVO Hydro might not be a place...
![Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in 'Nosferatu'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/nosferatue-main-930x620.jpg?itok=E_tCr3VO)
Robert Eggers' strength as a director is his ability to bring historical periods alive with gritty, tactile realism. He does this...
![Matthew Barley: catharsis in a journey from darkness to light](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Matthew%20Barley%20%28c.%20Madeleine%20Farley%29.jpg?itok=6bRVQh1F)
For many thousands of years, humans have turned to art to tell stories about themselves and others because it feels good. It feels good because we...
![Lizard king: Don Gilet as DI Mervin Wilson](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Gilet%20MAIN.jpeg?itok=LvAC9QJr)
Though Death in Paradise is an Anglo-French production filmed in Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, the Frenchness seems to have...
![Glad tidings from around Europe: The English Concert](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Orchestra%20spread.jpg?itok=6mroA-vs)
Enough is as good as a feast, they say. But sometimes, especially at Christmas, you crave a properly groaning table. At the Wigmore Hall, The...