Sophia Rahman
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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...

“Forest and the Shore” by Keith Christmas is remarkable. In his essay for Gather In The Mushrooms, compiler, author and Saint Etienne...

There was a neat conjunction of commemorations to this concert, the most obvious one being the fact that that 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of...

Hamad Butt studied at Goldsmiths College at the same time as YBAs (Young British Artists) like Damien Hirst and Gillian Wearing; but whereas they...

When Van Morrison last released an album of original songs, during the Covid pandemic, it didn’t go down well. Indeed for many,...

John Wick’s simple story of a man and his dog became a bonkers, baroque franchise in record time, converting Keanu Reeves’ limited acting into Zen...

In 2022 I called caroline “perhaps the best band in the U.K” in my article about their debut, which I named my album of the year....
With WOMAD not happening this year, where could one go for a feast of...