June, 2010
Arts & Culture, Theatre - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 17:28 - 0 Comments
Theatre: The Families of Lockerbie
A new play has caused international controversy by revisiting the Lockerbie tragedy through the prism of fictionalised relatives of the victims. It's a risky strategy and one that calls for the most delicate of balancing acts. Against his initial apprehensions and reservations, a sceptical Hicham Yezza is won-over.
Jody Mcintyre's Life on Wheels - Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:00 - 0 Comments
Week [19]66 – World Cup Fever
By Jody Mcintyre These days, I don’t like football as much as I used to. It must be the first time in my life that I haven’t experienced the feeling of excitement and suspense as the World Cup explodes into action. With England’s first game up against the USA, I had no choice but to go […]Arts & Culture, Features, Film & TV - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 12:56 - 23 Comments
Why Avatar is a truly dangerous film
Avatar is widely seen as a 'progressive' film. In fact, argues Hana Shams Riazuddin, it is a classic tale of popular Orientalist discourses on colonialism - where the natives must rely on the white anthropologist to become fully human.
