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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...
Your Friends & Neighbors, Apple TV+ review - in every dr...
It had begun to seem that Jon Hamm, whatever other roles he might appear in, was destined to be forever remembered exclusively as Mad Men...
Goldberg Variations, Ólafsson, Wigmore Hall review - Bach in...
Víkingur Ólafsson had something to prove at the Wigmore Hall. And prove it he did, even if, this time, his Goldberg Variations left a few features...
Shanghai Dolls, Kiln Theatre review - fascinating slice of h...
The writer Amy Ng has made a sterling effort in digging up the true story behind her new play at the Kiln, Shanghai Dolls, but...
Mahler's Ninth, BBC Philharmonic, Gamzou, Bridgewater H...
There was a change of conductor from the one advertised for this BBC Philharmonic performance at the Bridgewater Hall – but the one who we heard...
Manhunt, Royal Court review - terrifyingly toxic masculinity...
Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what...
Album: Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson - What Did the...
At a time when the powers that sadly be in America are trying their damnedest to erase and rewrite history, the latest release from Rhiannon...
St Matthew Passion, Dunedin Consort, Butt, Queen’s Hall, Edi...
I was in Germany last week, and nearly every town I went to was advertising a St Matthew or a St John Passion taking place in the week up to...
Midnight Cowboy, Southwark Playhouse - new musical cannot es...
It seems a bizarre idea. Take a pivotal film in American culture that reset the perception of The Great American Dream at this,...
Music Reissues Weekly: Motor City Is Burning - A Michigan An...
In October 1967, John Lee Hooker released a single titled “The Motor City is Burning.” The song commented on the civil unrest which had taken...