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People we thank

Bob and Judy Goldman (donors)

Carole Donlin (donor)

Links we like

Art

izo.com - Matthew Bown's fascinating blog roundup of all things Russian-cultural, mainly art but fun on Lady Gaga too.

Dance

ballet.co.uk - UK ballet fans' website with review links and forum.

ballettalk.invisionzone.com - US ballet fans' website with review links and forum.

Film

cineaste.com - classy in-depth coverage of world cinema from a vantage point in New York.

cinema-scope.com - Canadian-based film magazine with a scholarly yet accessible slant.

findanyfilm.com - a one-stop shop for locating where to watch films in cinemas, on television or on DVD.

imdb.com - database for info about film and cinema.

littlewhitelies.co.uk - eclectic and stylish British indie film magazine.

metacritic.com - the best place for a critical overview of the new films, music CDs and games.

raindance.co.uk - not just the site of London's coolest film festival, but a fount of wisdom about low-budget movie-making.

therexberkhamsted.com - the website of comfortably Britain's most comfortable local cinema. Watching a movie at the Rex is the cinematic equivalent of turning left on a long-haul flight. You are urged to visit soon.

uk.rottentomatoes.com - well-organised site for getting a critical overview of movies past, present and future.

warholstars.org - if Warhol films are your bag, look no further.

Music

charliegillett.com - great site by veteran DJ with lively forum. Mainly world music.

clashcity.com - forum site for music discussions.

creation-records.com - regularly updated site devoted to the dead king of Brit indie labels.

djhistory.com - all about clubs and clubbing back in the day, an old ravers' site.

dubstepforum.com - the forum for the UK's growing underground music scene.

expectingrain.com - all-encompassing Bob Dylan site for dipping into when one's feeling Bob-ish.

joydiv.org - calls itself Joy Division Central with good reason.

punk77.co.uk - a devoted and loosely encyclopaedic punk rock 'zine.

recordoftheday.com - daily digest of music industry news gleaned from links to media outlets.

residentadvisor.net - all about clubs and clubbing, a ravers' site.

rocksbackpages.com - online library covering years of rock music writing.

sluttyfringe.com - Hoxton-esque trendy but bang up to date for cutting edge clubland business.

thefader.com - bustling active online presence for US alt-music mag.

themilkfactory.co.uk - reviews and interviews centred on left-field, avant-garde and otherwise interesting music.

theofficialcharts.com - since the death of Top Of The Pops this site keeps you pegged who's top of the pops.

thequietus.com - The Quietus, a new rock music and pop culture website for bloggers, tastemakers and interviews

thewire.co.uk - magazine for ‘adventures in modern music’ with back issues to 1985.

wordmagazine.co.uk/blog - endlessly stimulating spot for music discussion of all kinds tends to favour the tastes of "men of a certain age", but is very welcoming.

vintagesynth.com - everything the retro synthesizer fetishist might ever need.

virtualsheetmusic.com - vast range of classical sheet music to download and to listen to first (US site).

Theatre

iainfisher.com/kane.html - fan website that celebrates the work of Sarah Kane, the most talented British playwright to emerge in the 1990s, with lots of production shots and info about revivals of her work in the UK and worldwide.

inyerface-theatre.com - dedicated to the British in-yer-face theatre of the 1990s and beyond, and which celebrates the best in new British drama today by offering plenty of free info about new writing for the theatre - run by our own Aleks Sierz

officiallondontheatre.co.uk - the official website of the Society of London Theatre, which not only gives news, latest infomation and other useful snippets, but also runs the Theatre Tokens Scheme, a great help to anyone scratching their heads about an easy idea for a present.

theatrevoice.com - TheatreVOICE is the leading site for audio content about British theatre, and features critics and journalists from across the UK press as well as practitioners from across the theatre industry.

Photography

karimbenkhelifa.com - the website of a leading Middle Eastern news and features photographer. His work is a finalist in the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize.

photonet.org.uk - The Photographers Gallery website

General culture

boingboing.net - quirky news from the worlds of technology, arts and politics.

hurryupharry.org - lively political discussion, see also their separate arts forum.

landoverbaptist.org - an almost convincing and very funny parody of an American evangelical Christian site.

nplusonemag.com - online presence for high-end New York culture mag.

richarddawkins.net -  a site for the pedantically ungodly.

therestisnoise.com - personal site by the New Yorker critic Alex Ross.

themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas - Moscow Times arts page, English-language paper covering the East's hyper-capital.

wordsmith.org - uplifting daily prod about words; A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
  		       
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