★★★ A moving, absorbing, but perhaps not thrilling UK rap coming-of-age album: #LoyleCarner #Hugo reviewed by Mean Old “Parent 2” theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

★★★★ From the soil to the stars: pianistic warmth and wisdom anchors a journey from earth to the heavens Boyd Tonkin reviews Emanuel Ax playing #Brahms 's 1st Piano Concerto London Philharmonic Orchestra Karin Canellakis Southbank Centre theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Live @BobDylan @sohoplace #CristalPite #HenrykGórecki The Royal Ballet - Cultural highlights in theartsdesk.com's PICK OF THE WEEK Bernard Hughes - and some of our recent favourites reprised - Good #ONOrpheus Opera North Red Hot Chili Peppers Dara Ó Briain mailchi.mp/theartsdesk/pi…

★★★★★ A dazzling stage adaptation of a Japanese classic: ingenious puppetry and music brings a classic 2-D animation to life on stage #MyNeighbourTotoro Barbican Centre reviewed by Saskia Baron theartsdesk.com/theatre/my-nei…

★★★★ The master of PowerPoint back with his clicker: #DaveGorman is in skittish mood reports Veronica Lee, on his new touring show theartsdesk.com/comedy/dave-go…

★★★★ Klezmer tunes, a murder ballad and appreciations of Spaghetti Junction and Surbiton: un-traditional folkies #BonfireRadicals unveil their new album Hare & Hounds Birmingham Birmingham review by Guy Oddy theartsdesk.com/new-music/bonf…

★★★★★ THE WATCHER @Netflix - Fear and loathing in the #NewJersey suburbs, with a real-life story put through the fictional blender by #RyanMurphy Ryan Murphy Productions - Adam Sweeting is gripped (and enjoys the dark humour) theartsdesk.com/tv/watcher-net…

★★★★★ #RyanMurphy 's #TheWatcher is 'a mix of haunted-house chiller, Polanski-style horror and obsessive, nimby-ish property ownership'. Review by Adam Sweeting Netflix bit.ly/3Tjtto3

‘When they’re good, they’re very, very good’ SIMPLE MINDS Simple Minds - DIRECTION OF THE HEART - The Scottish rock band's 18th album might be uneven, but it's still a cause for celebration, says Back and to the Left theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

Gratifying to have ‘My Imaginary Country’ included here!!

‘Bergman is the most psychological film-maker of his time and also the most human-centred’ ★★★★★ The BFI #IngmarBergman Vol 3 Blu-ray box set surveys the relentless darkness of #Bergman 's 1960s films, says mark kidel theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-i…

Teenage kicks provide a familiar feeling with beabadoobee Barrowland Ballroom - #BeaLaus given an ecstatic reception on her biggest tour yet theartsdesk.com/new-music/beab…

★★ HOPPER: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY - A dry view of a much richer subject: the inscrutable American #artist gets the cinema treatment in a conventional #biography , says Saskia Baron #EdwardHopper theartsdesk.com/film-visual-ar…

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Anniversary Concert Wigmore Hall - All fine performances, but question-marks over length and arrangements nag, says David Nice theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

Celebrating the vernacular and humble with magisterial flare, sublime harmonies to soothe the soul ★★★★ The Unthanks - SORROWS AWAY theartsdesk.com/new-music/albu…

★★ HALLOWEEN ENDS - The final cut: dull detours distract from #MichaelMyers ' visceral last stand, says Nick Hasted theartsdesk.com/film/halloween…

Women's voices powerfully to the fore at BFI London Film Festival #LFF 2022, with shesaidfilm and Women Talking among the festival’s outstanding films, says Demetrios Matheou theartsdesk.com/node/88812/view

#TSEliot : Into #TheWasteLand BBC Two / #FourQuartets , Starring #RalphFiennes @BBCFour - A great 100th birthday present to a giant of modern literature, as #SusannaWhite 's documentary decodes a notorious poetic puzzle theartsdesk.com/tv/ts-eliot-wa…