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Luiza Sauma

Articles By Luiza Sauma

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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...

Best of 2024: Visual Arts

I thought I might never be able to say it’s been a great year for...

Best of 2024: Comedy

Looking back over the past 12 months, it struck me how it has been the shows fashioned from personal stories that have stayed with me. It wasn't...

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...

Best of 2024: TV

They say cinema is dying (you never know, they may be wrong), but you can’t help noticing the stampede of movie stars towards TV and streaming....

Best of 2024: Music Reissues Weekly

A reissue can be an aide-mémoire, a reminder that a record which has been off the radar for a while needs revisiting, that it deserves fresh...

Albums of the Year: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown

Beth Gibbons’s latest album touched me more deeply than most of...

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, BBC One review - hilarious h...

The most hyped special of the season came to a...

Best of 2024: Opera

Ireland takes the palm for best of 2024, with Wexford hitting comic heights among its three rarities in Donizettian let’s-make-an-opera, while...