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Struggles with identity problems
GORDON PARSONS highly recommends a delightful production of the classic novel that emanates a sense of warmth and love
BRILLIANT: Dee Ahluwalia as Karim (centre)
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Swan Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
ADAPTING any novel for the stage creates problems but Hanif Kureishi’s first kaleidoscopic novel with its range of characters, almost Dickensian in their idiosyncrasies, and profusion of incidents, poses any director a challenge.
Fortunately Emma Rice, of Knee High and Wise Children fame, is well up to the task.
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