Nick Hasted
Bio
Nick Hasted has been a film journalist since 1986. As well as The Arts Desk, he currently writes about film, music, books and comics for The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and Classic Rock.
He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).
Articles By Nick Hasted
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The Two Character Play, Hampstead Theatre review - tender, p...
It’s the trivia question no one ever thought to ask: where was the only Tennessee Williams play premiered outside America first performed? The...
10 Questions for novelist Mieko Kawakami
Mieko Kawakami sits firmly amongst the Japanese literati for her...
Professor T, ITV review - whimsical tales of boffinly detect...
ITV’s new detective mystery, Professor T, is an...
Album: Willow - Lately I Feel Everything
Willow Smith has done more during her life than the average 20-year-old. The daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, she bounced off her...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Chris Barber - A Trailblazer's Lega...
The book included with this splendid box set dedicated to British jazz innovator Chris Barber includes a series of quotes paying tribute to his...
Off the Rails review - go for the scenery, not the script
Mamma Mia! hovers unhelpfully over every frame of Off the Rails, a road...
Reclaiming Amy, BBC Two review - Winehouse family and friend...
“My worst fear? What am I scared of?” Amy Winehouse ponders. She pauses thoughtfully: “Myself.”
Ten years to the day since she died, ...
Album: Anne-Marie - Therapy
Anne-Marie Nicholson is a hard-working young woman from Essex whose career description is “Global Girl-next-door Pop Star”. She has incrementally...
Le Comte Ory, Garsington Opera review - high musical style a...
Play it straight and you’ll get more laughs: that’s the standard advice on great operatic comedies like the masterpieces of the Gilbert &...