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Lydia Perrysmith

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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...

Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review - Afghan war veteran wr...

You might assume that the “Has Fallen” in the title of this Anglo-French thriller connotes the presence of Scottish lunk Gerard Butler (as in ...

Album: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens - American Ra...

Conceived in 1998 by the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma to remind the world of the benefits of globalisation in bringing people together, Silkroad is a...

Interview: Roy Haynes, Jazz Drumming Giant (1925-2024)

Roy Haynes, who had begun to seem immortal, has died aged 99. In this extensive Arts Desk interview from 2011, one of the greatest jazz drummers...

First Person: Alec Frank-Gemmill on reasons for another reco...

One former teacher of mine said of their recording of the...

Album: Dolly Parton & Family - Smoky Mountain DNA - Fami...

This is almost too much to bear. This sprawling 37-track collection begins with the sainted 78-year-old Dolly Parton providing a jaunty spoken...

Natalie Palamides: Weer, Soho Theatre review - a romcom of t...

Natalie Palamides doesn't do things by halves. Actually, the Los Angeles-based clown does just that in her inventive new show Weer ...

Amyl and the Sniffers, O2 Academy, Birmingham review - rowdy...

Amy Taylor and the rest of the Sniffers ambled onto the stage of Birmingham’s O2 Academy to a huge roar of approval from a packed and diverse...

Blu-ray: The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box is a phantom 1969 follow-up to Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General, sharing star Vincent Price and much cast and...

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC One review - handso...

“Previously on Wolf Hall…” It’s been nine years since Claire Foy memorably trembled her way to the block as Anne Boleyn,...