Alain de Botton
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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...
Bach Brandenburg Concertos, OAE, QEH review - forever young
Victims of their own success in the postwar era of well-recorded sound, the Brandenburg Concertos first arrived in the ears of listeners from my...
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...