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Festivals
Cannes 2022 – Gallery (pictures only)
In chronological order…. Our pictures from Cannes – a lot of these have not been published before or have featured…
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JLF London 2022: Anita Rani on being ‘The Right Sort of Girl’ and “brown in a white world and white in a brown world”…
There were sessions on Ukraine, writing a memoir (Howard Jacobson) and recipes gleaned from communities close to the Himalayas and…
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JLF London 2022 – Literature festival returns to in-person and sees novelist Monica Ali discuss ethnicity, physicality and sexuality in her novel, ‘Love Marriage’…
Three day weekend festival has started and welcomes old names and new… By Mamie Colfox OFTEN referred to as the…
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‘The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs’ – a breath of fresh air in theatre exploring representation and visibility… (interview)
Last performances are today and we encourage you to join the queue for returns… By Suman Bhuchar DESERVEDLY nominated for…
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Bollywood asianculturevulture vibes: Language barriers?
Is the soul of popular cinema, Hindi? Or are films from the South beginning finally to get the national recognition…
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Cannes 2022 – Cannes Classic, Thamp̄ – Actors Jelaga & Devi Nair
NOT MANY people may be familiar with this film – Thamp̄ (‘The Circus Tent’).Produced in Malayalam, it premiered in 1978…
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Bird Bites: Ms Marvel; AR Rahman UK-India role; Transcendence away from London; Armaan Malik-Ed Sheeran; and Steve McQueen new film…
By Mamie Colfox A different kind of Kamala with some British currents Nikkita Chadha –see caption below IT’S BEEN quite…
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‘Sunny’: Falling asleep when it all gets too much – comedian Sukh Ojla on her debut novel exploring romance, family and mental health…
On the TV and best known perhaps as a stand-up, she’s smashing it as comedic novelist too now… By Mamie…
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‘Lotus Beauty’ – Powerful portrait of sisterhood (review)
Set in Southall in West London, this play shines a very welcome and incisive light on a group of authentic…
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