A reminder about Liverpool tomorrow. I’m looking forward to giving my China Diaspora in Britain talk plus a poetry reading from Reaching for my Gnu at the Il Forno Restaurant in Duke Street, Liverpool, tomorrow at 4pm. My dad lived in Liverpool from the 1920s before he moved to London. It’s the International Festival of […]
Originally posted along with the BBC robo-letter, British East Asian FAQ for the BBC, casting directors, the media and anyone working in areas where diversity is an issue gets its own page here. FAQ about BEAs for the benefit of the BBC, casting directors and reviewers. Q: Is it true that East Asians can only
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Intrepid tweeting British East Asian (BEA) Bess Chan (AKA Katherine Chan) wrote to me attaching a letter she’d received from BBC about lack of BEA representation on the airwaves. She and her friends had been wondering why it was that American East Asians (Asian Americans) are seen as American, whereas BEAs (East Asian Brits) are
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Sadly, a classic case of the cutting room floor, but my mate Kirstin and I were in The Art of Noise Peter Gunn video starring Rik Mayall. We thought he was cute as well as funny. Kirstin flirted outrageously and asked him how much he was getting paid for being in it, and was it
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Workers across America are winning a living wage. Halfway decent minimum wages work … certainly better than what we currently have. An important principle is grasped in America and is spreading. Let’s hope the same happens here. Ed Miliband should remember this when the Labour right are pressing him to emulate Ukip. Will Hutton writes
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Anna Chen gives her Chinese Diaspora in Britain talk and reads poetry at the International Festival of Business China Day launching ‘Opera for Chinatown’ in Liverpool. I’m really looking forward to doing this live event in Liverpool. “Writer, poet and broadcaster Anna Chen is coming to Liverpool on the 18th June to celebrate International Festival
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