★★★★★ Timothy Ridout #MariaWłoszczowska Tim Crawford #TinRuLai #TimPosner Wigmore Hall - High-voltage #Mozart and #Schoenberg , blended #Brahms , in a fascinating programme - David Nice experiences electrifying teamwork theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

★★★★★ Sabine Devieilhe #MathieuPordoy Wigmore Hall - Enchantment in #Mozart and #Strauss , as the leading French soprano shines beyond diva excess, says mark kidel theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

★★★★ BLUE LIGHTS Series 2 BBC One - The engaging #Belfast cops are less tightly focused this time around, says Helen Hawkins, but this is still our best cop show despite its slacker structure theartsdesk.com/tv/blue-lights…

★★★★★ #STEPHEN - First feature by multi-media artist Melanie Manchot is breathtakingly good
- ‘the most intelligent and compelling film I’ve seen in years’, says Sarah Kent - screening Barbican Centre w Q&A 25 April, then @NewlynExchange theartsdesk.com/film-visual-ar…

★★★★ #Tuareg rockers Mdou Moctar are on fiery form in their new album FUNERAL FOR JUSTICE - ‘This album is the real deal’, says Guy Oddy Matador Records theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

★★★★★ #STEPHEN - First feature by multi-media artist Melanie Manchot is breathtakingly good
- ‘the most intelligent and compelling film I’ve seen in years’, says Sarah Kent - screening Barbican Centre w Q&A 25 April, then @NewlynExchange theartsdesk.com/film-visual-ar…

‘An overarching theme of Coppola's work is that wherever there’s a world, there’s a girl trying to navigate it’ ★★★★ #PRISCILLA - The disc extras smartly contextualise #SofiaCoppola 's eighth feature, says tgharry - now on MUBI DVD/Blu-Ray theartsdesk.com/film/dvdblu-ra…

★★★★ BLUE LIGHTS Series 2 BBC One - The engaging #Belfast cops are less tightly focused this time around, says Helen Hawkins, but this is still our best cop show despite its slacker structure theartsdesk.com/tv/blue-lights…

‘Moments of seriousness are diluted by the jovial tone of most of the book' ★★★★ jonn elledge A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 47 BORDERS - Bernard Hughes enjoys a journey through the byways of how lines on maps have shaped the modern world Wildfire Books theartsdesk.com/books/jonn-ell…

★★★★★ Sabine Devieilhe #MathieuPordoy Wigmore Hall - Enchantment in #Mozart and #Strauss , as the leading French soprano shines beyond diva excess, says mark kidel theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

‘Sheer pleasure in sound-making is palpable’ ★★★★★ The Jesus and Mary Chain - GLASGOW EYES - A remarkable Indian summer for East Kilbride's finest, saluted by #BassMidsTopsAndTheRest 🛸🫠 theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

★★★★ Josef Spacek BBC Philharmonic #AnjaBihlmaier The Bridgewater Hall - Three flavours of #Vienna in a performance of close attention, careful balancing, flowing phrasing and clear contrast - review by Robert Beale theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

#FredHersch SILENT, LISTENING - A 'nocturnal' album - or is it just plain dark? asks Sebastian Scotney, as the great #jazz pianist moves in a new direction theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

BANGING DENMARK @Finborough - A superb cast deliver #VanBadham 's anti-incel barbs and feminist wit with gusto in this lively but confusing comedy of modern manners - review by Helen Hawkins theartsdesk.com/theatre/bangin…

Two brilliant Linda Smith (Linda Smith) albums are reissued: 1995’s I So Liked Spring & 1996’s Nothing Else Matters. On Captured Tracks through Carry On Press. I’ve looked at them today for @theartdesk: theartsdesk.com/new-music/musi…

🤍| theartsdesk.com give #TSTTPD a perfect ★★★★★ review, praising Swift’s soul bearing thorough the record!

“Tortured Poets Department feels like a cohesive explanation of how Taylor’s deep desire for connection and the heartbreak that comes with it has been experienced in

★★★★★ Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT The Anthology - #TaylorSwift has once again alchemised pain and criticism into art, baring her soul with a 31-track double album, says Ellie Roberts theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

★★★★★ Elizabeth Watts BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus #JaderBignamini Barbican Centre - #Poulenc ’s #Gloria and #Berlioz ’s #Symphoniefantastique on fire - David Nice relishes two blazing French masterpieces theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

★★★★ THE SONGS OF @JoniMitchell Roundhouse - Fans (old and new) toast to an icon of our age, as a stellar line up of artists reimagine some of Mitchell’s most magnificent works - review by cheri amour theartsdesk.com/new-music/song…

★★★★ LONDON TIDE National Theatre - New play-with-songs version of #Dickens ’s #OurMutualFriend is a panoramic Victori-noir, says Aleks Sierz , and #IanRickson ’s production, with its beautiful stage picrtures, is a hauntingly atmospheric tour de force theartsdesk.com/theatre/london…