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Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+ review - David Attenborough pr...
With Jurassic World: Dominion due in June, which will mark the end of the “Jurassic” movie franchise, here’s Apple TV’s alternative,...
Album: Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos
This album starts and ends so brilliantly. It kicks off with a salvo of three tracks that remind you exactly why Def Leppard became one of the...
Das Boot, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - submarine warfare...
The challenge for the makers of Das Boot is to keep...
Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review -...
The 2001 Reese Witherspoon-starring film Legally Blonde, upon which Heather Hach, Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s peppy Broadway...
Wigmore Soloists, Wigmore Hall review - superb Janáček
Wigmore Soloists is such a good idea, and still at an early stage of its development. The group brings together top players to perform the wider...
theartsdesk at the Dresden Music Festival - orchestral abund...
Dresden is filled with music at this time of year. The Dresden...
Album: Liam Gallagher - C'Mon You Know
While Britpop was a retrogressive media construct, Oasis were a genuine socio-musical phenomenon (albeit also retrogressive!). And at their heart...
Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - fabulous singing a...
After two years of Covid-affected performances – even though there was a full season last year – Glyndebourne's annual festival...
DVD/Blu-ray: Parallel Mothers
Parallel Mothers unfolds at a daringly slow pace, and there are moments in the first half of Pedro Almodóvar’s 2021 drama when you wish...