Tim Woodall
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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...
Best of 2024: Blu-rays
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...
10 Questions for Mark Gatiss, writer-director of 'A Gho...
There are no white-sheeted ghosts in this year’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. The...
All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5...
Since its revival in 2020, All Creatures Great and Small has drawn big audiences internationally and become Channel 5’s biggest hit, even...
Travis, OVO Hydro review - a Christmas night out with some r...
Travis arrived onstage with the theme tune from classic sitcom Cheers as an accompaniment. The cavernous OVO Hydro might not be a place...
Nosferatu review - Lily-Rose Depp stands out in uneven horro...
Robert Eggers' strength as a director is his ability to bring historical periods alive with gritty, tactile realism. He does this...
First Person: cellist Matthew Barley on composing and record...
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...
Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who ki...
Though Death in Paradise is an Anglo-French production filmed in Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, the Frenchness seems to have...
The English Concert, Bicket, Wigmore Hall review - a Baroque...
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...