Month: June 2016

Doc/Next is a one year training initiative by Sheffield Doc/Fest and is open to documentary and all non-fiction ‪#‎directors‬, producers, line ‪producers‬, editors and ‪DOPs‬… Read more

You’ve heard of the Essex Man and the Hackney Hipster it’s time to meet the Punjabi Boys of Hounslow. Gary (Gurinder) and Bob are best… Read more

Book: My Name is Leon Author: Kit de Waal Publisher: Viking Price: £10.99 Review by Reshma Ruia Kit De Waal’s debut novel My Name is… Read more

A tender and tortured soul: Nathan Ives-Moiba as Marvin Gaye. Photo: Robert Day Theatre: Hackney Empire Play: Soul Playwright: Roy Williams Director: James Dacre Review… Read more

Filmmaker and producer Veronica McKenzie trekked to this year’s Sheffield doc fest for Words of Colour online, for the second year in a row. Although… Read more

Playing for laughs: Bindi (Rina Fatania) and Mansoor (Nicholas Khan). Photo: Robert Day Theatre: Theatre Royal Stratford East Play: Love N Stuff Playwright: Tanika Gupta… Read more

Book: Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction Editor: Ellah Wakatama Allfrey Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Price: £12.99 (paperback) Review by Angela Howell Safe House is… Read more

Book: The Nearness of You Author: Sareeta Domingo Publisher: Piatkus Books Price: £8.99 Review by Reshma Ruia Sareeta Domingo’s debut novel, The Nearness of You,… Read more

Book: Season of Crimson Blossoms Author: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Price: £9.99 Review by Ronke Lawal Season of Crimson Blossoms is a… Read more

Sunny Singh is an academic, novelist and activist with a prolific presence online. Born in Varanasi, India, she graduated from Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, in… Read more