Nick Hasted
Bio
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
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Charlie & Stan, Wilton’s Music Hall, review - a beguilin...
Imagine what would have happened if the young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel were cabin-mates on a transatlantic liner. The Told by an...
Noises Off, Phoenix Theatre review - much revived classic fa...
There’s a chance – a slim one – that you haven’t seen Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s farce...
The Last Stage review - a former prisoner returns to the dea...
Seventy-eight years ago, on January 27,1945, Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army. The iconic images of the ovens with...
Castalian String Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - genius in wo...
The Castalian String Quartet is half what I...
Women at War, Netflix review - contrasting stories entwine d...
A sprawling French-made drama set in the early days of the...
Album: Deathprod - Compositions
Ambient is everywhere now. After a quiet (lol) 2000s, when it rather disappeared into the cracks, perhaps tarred with the sense that the more...
Spain and the Hispanic World, Royal Academy review - a monum...
Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library are displayed as a monumental survey of...
Celtic Connections: Juliette Lemoine, Orchestral Qawwali Pro...
In full force again for 2023, Scotland’s premier folk...
Album: Låpsley - Cautionary Tales of Youth
Let me start by being pretentious and self-referential, spending ages doing that rather than reviewing the album. My theory is that most male...
Julie Cunningham & Co, Sadler's Wells review - a fi...
At the arthouse end of contemporary dance no one expects a packed house, still less serial packed houses for more than a week. Yet Sadler’s Wells...