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EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
Malala: a name that inspires
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary on the girl who survived a Taliban attack to become a global role model
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
He Named Me Malala (PG), directed by Davis Guggenheim
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THE youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai made the headlines when at just 15 she was shot by the Taliban on a school bus for actively campaigning for girls’ education in Pakistan.
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