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‘What’s love got to do with it?’ Stylish romcom – is Jemima Khan the new Richard Curtis with people of colour (ie, new British) eye? TIFF 2022 (review)

World premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) just hours ago…*** THIS is a lot of fun – there are…

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Aqib Khan signs off from his role as Adnan ‘Addy’ Masood in ‘Ladhood’ as BBC 3 Series ends…

He made his debut in ‘West is West’, fresh-faced and new to acting, and tells us what it means for…

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Recording family stories from Partition and other major historical events and beyond…

Collating the oral histories of families who came to Britain…could you help? DOES your family have a story about how…

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Bird Bites: Reprisal of hit Bollywood dance show at Sadler’s; ITV’s new police procedural with ‘Vigil’ star Mohindra; Imax first for Mani Ratnam epic, ‘PS-1’; and ‘Pippa’

What to sink your teeth into over the next few weeks… THE LONDON PALLADIUM’s dance show ‘Beyond Bollywood’ is returning…

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Asian Achievers Awards 2022 shortlist announced – back to in person event and community powerhouses recognition…

Mix of well-known celebrities and rising business and media personalities In the spotlight… By Mamie Colfox STAR of ‘Bridgerton’ Simone…

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Sir Salman Rushdie – literary giant off a ventilator

Better news about the British-American author today… ONE OF THE WORLD’S greatest writers – Sir Salman Rushdie – appears to…

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Edinburgh: Sindhu Vee, Shazia Mirza, Eshaan Akbar: hair, coconut and new jokes, respectively; as well as Lockdown, care homes and US Supreme Court hacking…

There are some old and newer faces on Edinburgh Fringe’s comedy programme this year… By Mamie Colfox COMEDIAN Sindhu Vee…

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‘Partition Voices: Untold British Stories’: award-winning broadcaster Kavita Puri feels a shift in attitudes on 75th anniversary, amidst new work…

Her journalism has charted the history of South Asian communities in Britain in the post-war period to the near present,…

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‘Samsara’ – Aakash Odedra ambitious new dance work in the UK; Amina Khayyam pushes boundaries and other new dance compositions head to Edinburgh Festivals…

There’s a busy dance programme around South Asian forms and an exciting and varied series, both at the main Edinburgh…

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‘Jitney’ – go see this August Wilson play in its last week, it is simply too good to miss (review)

A mini-cab office is under threat and a group of male characters are trying to make the best of their…

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