Soraya Mafi

Articles By Soraya Mafi

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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...

It started with a Guardian long-read. I’m ashamed to admit it since so many shows could say the same, but that was the beginning.

It was the...

Who’s in and who’s not – on the secret, the joke, the relationship, the family, the club? That’s the fulcrum of Joe Hill-Gibbins’ ingeniously...

There’s a common understanding about journalists, especially ones at the top of their game, that they’re flying by the seat of their pants –...

The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and rock-like. It...

It was only six months ago that Hifi Sean and David McAlmont released their Daylight album. A fine disc of summery dance pop that was...

Your response to Barney Norris’s one-...

The latest in Peter Culshaw’s peripatetic radio...

The phenomenal global success of Six began when two young writers decided to give voices to the wives of a...

Is there such a thing as a boundary between pop and alternative any more? The presence of strange characters like Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish and...