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Fashion/Lifestyle
London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019 – Reflections: Sequins, Bollywood, a blockade and a celebrity death – an eventful week…
The London Fashion Week that may have passed you by (apart from that celebrity demise)… By Momtaz Begum-Hossain THE THING…
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Mandeep Dhillon on part in new Ricky Gervais Netflix comedy drama series
The ‘Some Girls’ TV star talks about characters arcs, working with a master and just how easy it felt… MANY…
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Festivals
Zeenat Aman, Bollywood star rebel, Shabana Azmi and ‘Sholay’ legend director to hit UK Asian Film Festival (March 27- April 7) and support theme of revolution
🎥 Zeenat Aman, 70s and 80s Bollywood icon who broke the mould in ‘In Conversation’ with presenter and broadcaster Anushka…
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‘Begum Akhtar – The Musical’ ‘Queen of Ghazals’ recreated in life and song
New production charts life and times of one of India’s most famous 20th century singers… SHE WAS A HUGE STAR…
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Festivals
Southbank Centre tells acv there will be no South Asian-themed arts festival this year after nine years of Alchemy
Multi-arts South Asian inspired festival is pulled ahead of landmark 10th year…. BRITAIN’S largest and most high-profile multi-arts festival celebrating…
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‘The Unreturning (review)’ – Breaking down tough men of war
New play with emphasis on physical theatre shows young men as tough on the outside sometimes but anything else underneath……
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Film
Oscars 2019: Triumph of Diversity? Short film about Indian women and girls has Oscars glory
🎥Indian producer Guneet Monga wins as part of team for documentary short film about women’s periods, shot in India, ‘Period. End of Sentence’ 🎥Rami Malek wins best…
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Books
‘Why I chose to set my Jane Austen-inspired novel in contemporary Pakistan’
By Soniah Kamal Soniah Kamal TO SAY THAT the Regency Period in Britain approximately two hundred years ago mirrors modern…
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‘Three Sat Under a Banyan Tree’ – fun tales of learning and wisdom for children…
Looking for something a little different to do over half term? Read on… By Suman Bhuchar IT IS RARE to…
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Zakir Hussain, tabla maestro, joins Symphony Orchestra of India on debut UK tour
Star performer will play in the UK with India’s first ever western style orchestra – with part of the tour…
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