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Matthew Sweet: The Great Dictator review - the extraordinary life of Barbara Cartland
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (935+ words) I didn’t think I was interested in Barbara Cartland, but it turns out I am. This new biography by Matthew Sweet, by turns revelatory, hilarious, gripping, astonishing and moving, kept me engrossed from first to last, and persuaded me that…...
Music Reissues Weekly: Tarkovsky - the ‘Ivan's Childhood,’ ‘Andrei Roublev,’ ‘Solaris,’ ‘Mirror’ and ‘Stalker’ soundtracks
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (640+ words) The Arts Desk Help keep arts journalism alive. Music Reissues Weekly: Tarkovsky - the ‘Ivan's Childhood,’ ‘Andrei Roublev,’ ‘Solaris,’ ‘Mirror’ and ‘Stalker’ soundtracks Box set collecting the music from all five feature films the director made in the Soviet Union This…...
The Death of Robin Hood review - inspired drama about the weary outlaw's search for redemption
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (884+ words) The Death of Robin Hood is a painterly film, but a melancholy rather than a merry one. A key descriptor in the rhymes and ballads, “merry” meant “many”, in any case, not cheerful. Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett, and…...
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, The Yard review - spirited revival of a 50-year-old classic
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (136+ words) First performed by its author, Ntozake Shange, and four female friends in a Californian bar in 1974, this piece moved on to more mainstream theatreland and played over 740 performances on Broadway. Its impact today is possibly less contentious but its lifeblood…...
Jane Eyre, Southwark Playhouse Elephant review - self-actualization in the gothic gloom
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (305+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. This is the LAST CHANCE to get our founders’ rate subscription of just £40 yearly and it’s yours FOR LIFE! Burn and Gilmour also need to be excellent, as the…...
BBC Proms: Faust, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Rattle review – the rediscovery of joy
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (322+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! A rush-free equilibrium prevailed, even as Faust (pictured above)…...
Music Reissues Weekly: Velocity Girl -1989-1992 - Handy overview of the early days of a beloved US indie band
1+ week, 1+ day ago (389+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! The name was an explicit signpost. Maryland’s Velocity…...
Annie Wobbler (Revisited), Finborough Theatre review - solid performance anchors one-woman show
1+ week, 1+ day ago (159+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Well, it has from 1983 to 2026, though I rather…...
Trigger Point, Series 4, ITV1 review - can SO15 save London from a terrorist holocaust?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (185+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Other characters are found to have been fitted…...
BBC Proms: Lamsma, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Manze review – a Proms debut and a composer’s final thoughts
1+ week, 1+ day ago (129+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Follow Bernard Hughes on Bluesky In this era…...