Council estate “chinky bird” urges restaurateurs to piss in Nigel Farage’s prawn balls

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This council estate-raised “chinky bird” is making a heartfelt plea for all the magnificent Chinese restaurateurs and takeaway caterers of the British Isles to piss in Nigel Farage’s prawn balls if ever he shows his dinosaur face near their establishments. Of course, they won’t because they’re too nice: much nicer than the bigots that Ukip […]

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Being Human Festival: Anna Chen talks about Chinese comedy in culture debate

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Being Human Festival: Ha ha ha? Laughter and Humour Across Languages and Time. Had a lovely time last night talking at another event in the Being Human Festival. Laughter is generally regarded as something quintessentially human: being human means being able to laugh (or so Aristotle claimed). However, the things that make people laugh can

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Doctor Who review season finale: Death In Heaven and an ideological battleground

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Doctor Who: Death in Heaven season finale — an ideological battleground. SPOILER ALERT Cybermen meet zombies in the second half of this A Matter of Life and Death nick in which our intrepid heroes hissy-fit around a lot. There’s so much that could have worked beautifully in this series. How can you have those great

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More or Less Asian? Stereotypes in Literature: talk at Asia House 12th Nov 2014

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The cuddly liberal Guardian thought this illustration was OK. The original photo of the squirrel before the Guardian’s Goebbels squad got on the job. I’m on a panel next Wednesday at Asia House for a debate — More or Less Asian? — alongside actor and playwright Daniel York, playwright Yasmeen Khan, author Niven Govenden and

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Chinese in Britain this week: South China Morning Post and BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Two lots of Chinese in Britain from me this week. Today, my cover article for the South China Morning Post magazine — “Personal tales of a journey to a new land” — about the sweeping Ming Ai oral history project, backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund documenting, as many UK Chinese as possible 2012-2015. Drawn

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