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Kate Bassett

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Kate is an arts journalist and a drama critic for The Times. She has written on theatre, film, books, dance and comedy for the Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, New Statesman etc. Her book In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller was shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize, Sheridan Morley Prize and HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize in 2013.

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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...

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Towards Zero, BBC One review - more entertaining parlour gam...

The BBC’s latest “cool” Agatha Christie adaptation has many...

Album: The Burning Hell - Ghost Palace

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Mansfield Park, Guildhall School review - fun when frothy, c...

Let’s call it Jane Austen fit for the West End, but with opera singers. The fact that it also serves as a fun ensemble piece for students is also...

Chuck Prophet, Mid Sussex Music Hall, Hassocks review - the...

Forty years ago, Chuck Prophet was the Keith Richards-like guitar hotshot in Green On Red, peers of R.E.M. and among the raw country-punk...

Echoes: Stone Circles, Community and Heritage, Stonehenge Vi...

Stonehenge is about 5,000 years old; three photographic artists currently exhibiting in the visitor centre are all under the age of...