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May- 2019 -13 May
Mena Massoud, Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ tells acv he “hopes the film becomes a symbol of success for all ethnicities” The future is brown…(watch video)
MENA MASSOUD is one of the stars of the new Disney film, ‘Aladdin’.This timeless classic, set in the Middle East,…
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7 May
Met Gala Ball 2019 – Asian women in the ring…winning or losing – you say…
A night of fashion and the world is watching… who made an impression? (Best viewed on desktop browsers other than…
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6 May
I’ll say it again – women take centre stage in theatre festival…
Second year highlights unusual and very different female voices… DESCRIBED as “fierce and unapologetic” is Tara Arts’ season of showcasing…
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Apr- 2019 -29 April
Lubaina Himid, Turner Art Prize winner 2017, talks to acv about ‘Invisible Narratives’ and her artistic vision…
Lubaina Himid has a curated a new exhibition, Invisible Narratives at Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange in Newlyn, Penzance,…
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26 April
Amjad Ali Khan and sons, Amaan and Ayaan heading for Southbank Centre for rare performance all together
Iconic sarod player returns to London with sons Amaan and Ayaan… HE IS REGARDED as one of the sarod’s greatest…
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23 April
‘Pah-La’ and ‘The Djinns of Eidgah’ – playwright Abhishek Majumdar on ideals that cannot be defeated by violence…
Tibet and Kashmir have a better future, says scribe who writes fearlessly… HE IS A WRITER drawn to conflict, struggle…
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18 April
‘Kalank’ – Romantic epic has sumptuous feel (review)
A family film with a patriotic character and a searing romance at the heart of it… By Angena Chopra THIS…
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16 April
‘Equus’ – Religion, relationships, mothers – and horses, actor Syreeta Kumar on the ‘naked play’
Regarded as a complex classic, one of the leads talks to acv about its particular challenges… By Suman Bhuchar SYREETA…
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14 April
Subversion and dissent – the need to highlight hypocrisy and combat discrimination in its many guises (‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ and ‘Brick Lane’)
UK Asian Film Festival and Southall Black Sisters screen films and host debate which warns of creeping acceptance of backward…
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12 April
‘The Massacre that shook the Empire’ – Sathnam Sanghera says the country should apologise for Jallianwala Bagh killings and examine Empire more…
British journalist of Sikh Punjabi heritage goes to Amritsar for TV documentary… BRITAIN has never really confronted its Imperial past…
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