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Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey: She Said review – better tha...
October 5th in the United States is a day for righteous rage. In 2016 it marked the release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape in...
Reissue CDs Weekly: The Beatles - Abbey Road
Amongst the issues integral to the final album The Beatles...
Carmen, Welsh National Opera review - intermittent brillianc...
You can love Carmen as much as you like (as much as I do, for instance), and still have a certain sympathy for the poor director who has...
Keane, De La Warr Pavilion review – hometown heartbreak
Keane grew up six miles away in Battle, making this night in balmy Bexhill-on-Sea as close as they can...
theartsdesk Radio Show 24 - hot subcontinental sounds with...
This episode of Peter Culshaw's occasional global music radio update features guest interview Viveick Rajagopalan, one...
The Best Films Out Now
There are films to meet every taste in theartsdesk's guide to the best movies currently on release. In our considered opinion, any of the titles...
10 Questions for author Martin Gayford
Over the past four decades Martin Gayford, The Spectator’s art critic, has travelled the world, been published in an amazing range of...
CD: Rachid Taha - Je suis africain
Rachid Taha, sadly felled by a heart attack just over a year ago, has come back from the dead! He could not sound more lively than on this vibrant...
Ólafsson, Hallé, Mäkelä, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review...
The Hallé Orchestra has a good track record when it comes to bringing in young talents with exciting prospects,...