ASH Smyth | The Arts Desk

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ASH Smyth

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ASH Smyth has written about music and the arts for The Oxford Times, The First Post, The Spectator, Music Teacher, Early Music Today, whatsonstage.com, Guernica, Stop Smiling, and the Sri Lankan Sunday Times. He is the co-author (with Richard Suart) of They'd None of 'Em Be Missed, a potted history of WS Gilbert's "Little List".

Articles By ASH Smyth

The Three Musketeers (3D) Wednesday, 12 October 2011 Read more...	Snoop Dogg, O2 Arena Saturday, 08 October 2011 Read more...
House, Season 8, Sky1 Friday, 07 October 2011 Read more...	theartsdesk Q&A: Actor Paul Bettany Friday, 30 September 2011 Read more...
The Debt Thursday, 29 September 2011 Read more...	The Good The Bad/ The Cut Outs/ Peter Parker's Rock'n'Roll Club, Madame JoJo's Tuesday, 27 September 2011 Read more...
Fry's Planet Word, BBC Two Monday, 26 September 2011 Read more...	Mademoiselle Chambon Friday, 23 September 2011 Read more...
Spooks, Series 10, BBC One Monday, 19 September 2011 Read more...	Gary Numan, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Sunday, 18 September 2011 Read more...
Q&A Special: Bass Sir John Tomlinson, Part 2 Sunday, 18 September 2011 Read more...	Q&A Special: Bass Sir John Tomlinson, Part 1 Saturday, 17 September 2011 Read more...
Misfits: Vegas Baby!, 4oD Thursday, 15 September 2011 Read more...	DVD: A Very British Coup Monday, 12 September 2011 Read more...
The Children of 9/11, Channel 4 Monday, 12 September 2011 Read more...	QI, BBC Two Saturday, 10 September 2011 Read more...

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