I have a friend who served in the 82nd (West Africa) Division of the British Infantry during the Burma (now, Myanmar) campaign of 1945 and has a Burma Star to show for it. Earlier in the War, he served in West Africa as well as in London during the Battle of Britain. You will not be…
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These are my notes from this year’s LFF. They were written either immediately after my seeing the film or shortly thereafter. I am not a film reviewer, so these are more impressions than full-blown reviews. One of the themes I noticed this year was the increase in stories about women and made by women. Good…
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I love film. I am not a critic or an expert; I don’t recall all the names or know all the facts. I am a spectator. I love the stories, the experience, the new worlds, the different realities. The London Film Festival is a sort of holiday for me and I look forward to those…
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Happy World Vegan Day! The most important thing we can do to stop the relentless injustice against animals is to go vegan and make more vegans through creative, non-violent advocacy or education. But what does creative, non-violent advocacy mean? It means engaging with people in any way we are comfortable. It might be through talking to people…
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David Bowie was his Art, inspiration and canvas. He mined all corners of his personality and extracted new and inventive characters, sounds, lyrics and ways of looking at the world. He invented reinvention. Bowie was who he was and he didn’t hide any bit of it. On the contrary, he seized it, capitalised on it,…
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Reflections on a relationship
Read MoreI’m vegan for the animals. Just remember: you’re one too.
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