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Engaging South-Asian response to the pandemic
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
FOR reasons good, tragic or indifferent, the coronavirus lockdown will be a period not many people will forget.
As a future aide memoire, touring company Rifco Theatre, usually based at Watford’s Palace Theatre, have commissioned a quintet of videos to document the diverse experiences of British South-Asian artists during these most unusual of months.
Harry Syed’s film is arguably the most cinematic. Clocking in at just over 80 seconds, Thanks Mum is a witty rumination on the relationship between growing up and food.
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