2023: Year in Review (Going Out)

Everything is reviewed on this blog! (Sometimes rather cursorily.) Check out my monthlyculture tag.

Bracketed figures show range over the last 20 years [see the year-in-summary tag for my Cultural History since 2004].

Film (in cinema): 21 (4-20). Best three = Tár, Polite Society, Barbie.

Film (streamed): 39 (38 last year). Best three = Official Competition, Maestro, Mixed by Erry

Theatre (live): 1 (1-26).

Theatre (streamed): 0 (38 in 2020, 16 in 2021, 8 in 2022). Must watch more NT@Home, even alone.

Concerts (classical): 5 (2-22). Best was Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 (Cadogan Hall)

Opera: 5 (0-10). Best was Semele (Blackheath Halls)

Gigs: 5 (0-9). Best was Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi (Union Chapel)

Art: 5 (0-6) Best was Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt (British Museum)

Books: 180. Separate post coming soon: reviews here

Also in 2023: visited Tenerife, Brighton, Crete and Cambridge. No in-person conventions.