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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...
![Phoebe Horn, Éanna Hardwicke, and Mawaan Rizwan in 'Woman of Stone'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/498853-c58a907.jpg?itok=zlUUyjYy)
There are no white-sheeted ghosts in this year’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. The...
![Deck the halls: the Skeldale House gang assemble](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/Creatures%20MAIN%20FINAL.jpg?itok=GXX0csaJ)
Since its revival in 2020, All Creatures Great and Small has drawn big audiences internationally and become Channel 5’s biggest hit, even...
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Travis arrived onstage with the theme tune from classic sitcom Cheers as an accompaniment. The cavernous OVO Hydro might not be a place...
![Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in 'Nosferatu'](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/nosferatue-main-930x620.jpg?itok=E_tCr3VO)
Robert Eggers' strength as a director is his ability to bring historical periods alive with gritty, tactile realism. He does this...
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For many thousands of years, humans have turned to art to tell stories about themselves and others because it feels good. It feels good because we...
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Though Death in Paradise is an Anglo-French production filmed in Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, the Frenchness seems to have...
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Enough is as good as a feast, they say. But sometimes, especially at Christmas, you crave a properly groaning table. At the Wigmore Hall, The...
![Becky and Rachel Unthank on stage at Cadogan Hall](https://theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/mastimages/unthanks%20in%20winter.jpg?itok=-O6FEw6X)
A suitable place to find yourself out for the winter solstice, buttoning up for the longest night of the year, was at the Cadogan Hall off Sloane...
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There are some years where my pick for album of the year is obvious; something stands out so...