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Susanna White

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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...

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Sky Atlantic review - Colin F...

The destruction of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988 was one of the ghastliest events in what would become known as the War on...

Davis, National Symphony Orchestra, Maloney, National Concer...

In one sense it was a New Year’s Day “nearly”, just stopping short of giving us the already great Irish lyric-dramatic soprano Jennifer Davis in...

Albums of the Year 2024: Mk.gee - Two Star and the Dream Pol...

Mk.gee has been an unexpected thread in a year of music that’s pulled me in many different directions, punctuating the need for unique, sonically...

SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne...

Having carved a swathe of terror and destruction through the Axis forces in North Africa, the SAS return for a second series (again written by...

Best of 2024: Classical music concerts

As always, great concerts have outnumbered great opera productions over a year, and all of our national orchestras can be proud of their record. I...

Best of 2024: Dance

In an ideal world an end-of-year roundup would applaud only new ventures – fresh productions that you may curse for having missed but whose...

Best of 2024: Books

Billie Holiday sings again, Olivia Laing tends to her garden, and Biran Klaas takes a chance: our reviewers discuss their favourite...

Albums of the Year 2024: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Wild...

Young eldritch junkie Nick Cave would have struggled to predict his maturity as a font of wry and sacred wisdom, or the fathomless loss he...

The Split: Barcelona, BBC One review - a soapy special with...

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