MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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What's good for the goose is good is not good for the gander
WILL STONE recommends a must-see documentary that exposes the shameful double standards at the heart of British governance
(L to R) Saudi General Ahmad Asiri confronted by protesters; Bahrain’s King Hamad Glympton Park estate in the Cotswolds
[Declassified UK]
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Exiles v Oligarchs
Directors: Phil Miller and Moosa Mohammed
Declassified UK
THE latest documentary from estimable investigative media organisation Declassified UK puts the magnifying glass on the special treatment given by the British government to despots and oligarchs from the Gulf state and how the victims, the exiles, of their tyrannical rule are fighting back.
Directed by Declassified UK’s intrepid investigative journalist Phil Miller and exiled Bahraini photojournalist and cameraman Moosa Mohammed, the film begins by highlighting the double standards of the British government.
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