Wake the Dead is Prophet’s first album since his recovery from cancer, and splices his Mission Express band with ¿Qiensave?, ...

In the foyer of the Linbury Theatre is an exhibition which gives a very upbeat account of the presence of black dancers in ...

I always enjoy seeing sunlight play on the rocks, the water, the trees and plains. What variety of effects, what brilliance and what softness... I wish my music could show as much diversity.’ Gabriel ...

Hanif Kureishi’s 1990 novel The Buddha of Suburbia begins like this: “My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and ...

Director Thom Zimny has become the audio-visual Boswell to Bruce Springsteen’s Samuel Johnson, having made documentaries ...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.It followed some ...

Could melancholia be an elixir of creative youth? Or is it that sad people were never really that youthful, so age suits them ...

It’s 1648 in Agra, and an excitable young guardsman has come up with an idea: a giant flying platform that he calls an “aeroplat”. As he might slide off it in transit, for good measure he gives it a ...

Blitz, set on a vast CGI canvas in September 1941, is an improbable boy’s adventure tale that depicts the misery and terror that was inflicted on East Londoners by Germany’s eight-month bombardment.

One of the many pleasures of the London Film Festival is the chance to see high-quality documentaries on the big screen. If ...

There’s much to note and commend about Small Things Like These, a sensitive, gorgeously shot and moving adaptation of Claire Keegan’s acclaimed novel, about one man’s stand against the evils of ...