Interviews with leading figures from the arts
theartsdesk Q&A: Marco Bellocchio - the last maestro
Saturday, 27 April 2024The last of the old maestros is standing tall. Marco Bellocchio was a Marxist firebrand when he made his iconoclastic debut with Fists in the Pocket (1965). Now aged 84, he makes intellectually and emotionally muscular, hit epics about abused Italian power.
10 Questions for folk singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney - 'deeply personal songs that open out to the universal'
Monday, 25 March 2024The British folk artist and singer songwriter Olivia Chaney released her third solo album this week, as we break out into springtime, and she’ll be touring sporadically around the UK over the next few months, with a showcase at London’s Union Chapel in June.
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