Terry Friel

Articles By Terry Friel

Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World, BBC Four Tuesday, 04 February 2014 Read more...	Syria: Across the Lines, Channel 4 Thursday, 18 April 2013 Read more...
Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline, Channel 4 Thursday, 21 February 2013 Read more...	Chateau Chunder: When Australian Wine Changed the World, BBC Four Wednesday, 14 November 2012 Read more...
theartsdesk in Tripoli: Photographing a Revolution Sunday, 26 August 2012 Read more...	theartsdesk in Kuala Lumpur: Culture as a Weapon Sunday, 24 July 2011 Read more...
theartsdesk in the Emirates: A Cultural Arms Race Sunday, 29 November 2009 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Genius doesn't always tally with equal opportunities, to paraphrase Doris Lessing. Opera houses have a duty to put on new works by women composers...

Since when has new writing become so passionless? Mike Bartlett is one of the country’s premiere playwrights and his new play, Unicorn,...

The question of personality in abstract and ambient music has always been a fascinating one. Without conventional signifiers of expressiveness,...

Imagine: you take your seat at the best restaurant in town, the waiter arrives with a flourish to fill your water glass, you hold it out and he...

There is an atmosphere of otherworldly stillness within the stony womb of a large dilapidated church in...

On the first date of a 17-concert tour that had its preview at Celtic Connections in January, Across the Evening Sky begins with the...

Sharks were formed in 1972 by bassist Andy Fraser after he left Free. There were two albums, line-up changes and ripples which resonated after the...

Ro first saw Fat Dog, before anyone had heard of them, at the Windmill in Brixton in front of a crowd of about 25 people. Their manic energy blew...

George Gershwin called one of his early classic songs, first created by Fred and Adele Astaire, “Fascinating Rhythm”. It was that mesmeric pull...