Nick Hasted | The Arts Desk

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Nick Hasted

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Nick Hasted has been a film journalist since 1986. As well as The Arts Desk, he currently writes about film, music, books and comics for The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and Classic Rock. He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).

Articles By Nick Hasted

DVD: Love Tuesday, 05 January 2016 Read more...	DVD: The Last of Robin Hood Tuesday, 22 December 2015 Read more...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Friday, 18 December 2015 Read more...	DVD: A New Leaf Saturday, 05 December 2015 Read more...
London Film Festival 2015: Who Dares Wins? Tuesday, 13 October 2015 Read more...	DVD: Videodrome Tuesday, 11 August 2015 Read more...
Best of Enemies Tuesday, 21 July 2015 Read more...	The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson Wednesday, 15 July 2015 Read more...
DVD: The Yellow Balloon Friday, 10 July 2015 Read more...	DVD: It Follows Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Read more...
DVD: Home from Home Saturday, 13 June 2015 Read more...	Listen Up Philip Thursday, 04 June 2015 Read more...
DVD: The Long Good Friday/Mona Lisa Tuesday, 26 May 2015 Read more...	Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, Corn Exchange, Brighton Monday, 25 May 2015 Read more...
Carleen Anderson: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan, Theatre Royal, Brighton Sunday, 24 May 2015 Read more...	The New Girlfriend Friday, 22 May 2015 Read more...

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