Glyn Môn Hughes
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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...
Biss, BBCSO, Hrůša, Barbican review - electrifying Shostako...
At the end of an exhausting week in which Holocaust Memorial Day struck a more urgent note than ever as fascism started tearing through the USA,...
Paradise, Disney+ review - enigmatic drama with an unknown d...
The latest from the This Is Us creator,...
BBC Singers, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review -...
Just now, music about survival, transcendence and the afterlife may have a special resonance for the BBC Singers. After all, the supremely...
Album: Guided By Voices - Universe Room
Tireless rockers Guided By Voices confidently play with sound throughout Universe Room, their eighteenth album in 10 years. Experimental...
Hard Truths review - a bravura, hyperreal performance from M...
A colleague once told me that I shouldn’t take Mike Leigh’s films with contemporary settings as slices of everyday life. He was right: they’re...
Saturday Night review - a dizzying 90-minute trip to a landm...
“A countercultural sketch show full of unknowns, with no script, no structure.” The verdict of NBC’s head of talent about the embryonic...
Inside No 9: Stage Fright, Wyndham’s review - uneven fright-...
How excited Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton must have been to learn that the venue for their Inside No 9 stage show was...
Album: The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
The Weeknd is a global megastar, one of the biggest music sensations of the age. Last year, his compilation, The Highlights, was the...