Entertainment

HACKNEY EMPIRE has refused to allow a Music Wales Theatre (MWT) production of The Golden Dragon to be performed at the East London venue as it features Caucasian singers playing the part of Asian characters. The opera was due to ...

HOT ON THE HEELS of London Fashion Week, Bangladeshi fashion designers are aptly placed and ready to take on the world. Having competed, excelled and dominated in the world of ready made garments, and becoming the world’s second largest manufacturing base ...

WE’RE IN THE MIDST midst of a baking resurgence with homemade marvels whetting our appetites everywhere we turn. From bragging rights on social media to the mass of cooking shows battling it out on the box, it would appear that dusting ...

By Faiz Akbor, aged 15 The majority of our people here are made of clear glass. Not a single spec of dust on their smooth skin. You can see right through them for they have no hidden stories or secrets ...

DECEMBER WILL see a range of events take place in Greenwich which will come together as the Greenwich Wintertime Festival. Events will take place in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College and against the backdrop of the Cutty ...

TRIBUTES ARE flooding in to Sir Bruce Forsyth, whose death at the age of 89 has just been announced. Sir Bruce entered showbusiness at the age of 14, performing song and dance routines on the stage. He became nationally known ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury reviews India on Film: 1899-1947, Treasures from the BFI National Archive. THE BRITISH Film Institute, in partnership with British Council, has released India on Film: 1899-1947, Treasures from the BFI National Archive, providing viewers in the UK and across India with access to an unparalleled ...

Maruf Ahmed THERE’S NO gimmicks, no stunts – just a field full of like-minded people and great films. Prepare yourself for a summer of cinematic joy as the legendary Pop Up Screens is back, this year presented by Eurowings and ...

THERE’S A photography special on at Up at The O2 on 17th July – to mark its fifth birthday. Members of the public will be able to do the usual climb – but this will be an evening climb, in ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury THE INDIA-UK Year of Culture officially began on 28th February, with a launch at Buckingham Palace hosted by The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Now the High Commission of India has formally marked the launch of this ...