John McLaughlin, quite simply, is an eloquent. A guitarist whose musical vocabulary is both fluent and succinct; a musician who has proved he can work on equal terms with players from around the world and in any context. The language of music has rarely been expressed better. He is also the guitar hero’s guitar hero; [...]
Art | Artist | Classical | Culture | Drama | Music | Musician | Nature | Opera | Political | SpiritualJohn Sayles’ work tends to act as a social, political and emotional travelogue rather than a straight-line narrative. The films are all about the compromises that exist between individuals and the society in which they live. Roger Corman’s B-movie factory of the sixties and seventies produced a number of leading film talents like Francis Ford [...]
Actor | Director | Editor | Film | Filmmaker | Gallery | Hollywood | Humanist | Iconic | Modern | Movie | Nature | Performance | Political | Psychology | Social | War | WriterThe latest Indian blockbuster featuring an International cast and aimed at a crossover audience released recently in the UK. Sangeeta Datta talks to Aamir Khan about his influences and politics. Bollywood is now India’s biggest calling card in the ever growing business of entertainment. It is the new buzzword and mantra in Diasporic cross cultural [...]
Actor | Artist | Awareness | Bollywood | Cinema | Communities | Director | Film | Filmmaker | History | Hollywood | Iconic | Movie | Music | Performance | Political | Theatre | WarIf you are looking for the hottest ticket in town, the sold-out play of the year, albeit in a very small theatre (the King’s Head in Islington), or a vicious, no-nonsense send-up of Britain’s modern-day ruling class, Who’s The Daddy? is on its way to be proclaimed as the most controversial new play of the [...]
Actor | Designer | Director | Editor | Events | Modern | Political | Theatre | War | Writer“Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible… The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship” Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer of broad international reputation who has been living in France, has won the first ever Man Booker International Prize recently. He has received the prize of £60,000 and a trophy at the Award Ceremony on 27 June [...]
Critic | Culture | Editor | History | Inspiration | International | Poetry | Political | Traditional | War | WriterThis is the first time ever that the London Eye has been used for a live arts festival and was sold out well in advance of its opening. It seems an African summer breeze has blown in over the UK, with weather temperatures soaring, bringing with it a feast of unforgettable experiences. How ironic then [...]
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