Christopher Monks

Articles By Christopher Monks

Tuesday, 02 July 2013 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Maybe it was the timing, even though most of the action takes place in bright sunlight...

“O stay and hear,” sings Twelfth Night’s jester Feste in his song “O mistress mine”, “your true love’s coming,/ That can sing both high...

I thought I might never be able to say it’s been a great year for...

Looking back over the past 12 months, it struck me how it has been the shows fashioned from personal stories that have stayed with me. It wasn't...

They say cinema is dying (you never know, they may be wrong), but you can’t help noticing the stampede of movie stars towards TV and streaming....

A reissue can be an aide-mémoire, a reminder that a record which has been off the radar for a while needs revisiting, that it deserves fresh...

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Beth Gibbons’s latest album touched me more deeply than most of...

The most hyped special of the season came to a...