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A New Space for Arts Writing

Britain's first site for professional arts journalists launches into webspace

by theartsdeskSunday, September 13, 2009

Welcome to the first professionally produced arts critical website in Britain, theartsdesk.com, a new space for reviews and features about all the arts from live to recorded. Attendance at live music, galleries, theatres and other arts events has never been higher, and even seems to be increasing, but print arts coverage is in decline. We want to reflect the health of the arts scene and the potential of the web with a new kind of coverage.

theartsdesk.com will bring you arts writing and visuals of highest quality with the speed and scope of the net to reach out widely and dig down deeply. We aim to satisfy a new range of taste and interests not possible in newspapers, more personal, more individual, to include everyone with an internet connection in enjoyment of the arts, however remote they may be. Our coverage will include international culture and major regional arts, as well as all that London can offer.

theartsdesk.com will deliver first-class overnight reviews, remarkable features, comment and interviews, arts book reviews, ticket offers and chances for reader networking, while using the web to enrich the way you read arts coverage. We hope you will enjoy exploring the site and become a regular visitor.

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Submitted by Dave Shrigley (not verified) on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 04:25

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This does indeed look really good. Who's paying for it all?

Submitted by Ed (not verified) on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 05:16

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This looks great, many congratulations on getting it started. I've got the same question as Dave Shrigley - whence the money?

Submitted by Ian Macmilan (not verified) on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 06:57

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Ladies and Gents, thrice welcome all round! Looking through the first postings here, I'd say that, over time, your site looks like it could provide a most valuable archive on so many topics. I hope you've found a sustainable economic model to keep it going!
i can assure you it looks bloody awful in i.e. 6, which i KNOW is an out-of-date browser, but you try getting my work (and plenty of other people's) to upgrade. it's *still* 25% of the market according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Msieshare1
Well done all! (There's a game you can play with this site if you're using a PC - grab the right edge of your browser and move it left and right. Slidey! But then again I am very bored.)

Submitted by Jean Symons (not verified) on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 23:27

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There is no description of what you are on the Home page, only a tab Who's Who. I am too old to realise that I have to press 'buzz' to find out what I want to know in 'A New Space for Arts Writing'. Now I know your background. I have enjoyed looking at it and wish you well but think you'll gather more followers if you move the description to the home page. Jean Symons

Submitted by theartsdesk (not verified) on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 01:19

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Noted, Jean, with thanks. Our description is now also available in the Who's Who page. Hope you will continued to enjoy it.

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