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Take a bow: Nadezhda Karyazina in Luisa Miller at Glyndebourne CREDIT: Richard Hubert Smith
31. Radio: The Battersea Poltergeist
A mixture of paranormal drama, documentary and thrills, this chilling podcast from BBC Sounds
is a fascinating psychological study of a haunting. Read the full review.
30. Comedy: Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show
The sketch comic’s farcical Fleabag spoof was simultaneously incisive, intelligent satire – and a
gloriously stupid, Airplane-esque daft romp.
29. Film: Nomadland
Chloé Zhao deserved her Oscar for this tender portrait of life on the margins of modern America,
with Frances McDormand as a middle-aged widow on a meandering road-trip. Read the full
review.
28. Classical: Benjamin Grosvenor
Britain’s wunderkind has ripened into a fabulous artist, as good as any pianist anywhere. At the
Barbican, he played Chopin and Ravel with an aristocratic grace.
27. Pop: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: Carnage
Created in lockdown, the Bad Seed duo’s album was brutal and haunting – followed by a tour that
felt like a visceral exorcism of pandemic frustration. Read the full review.
