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The most colourful place on Earth: eye-popping Danxia rock formations

Bwa-ha-ha! We laugh at your puny landscapes. THIS is what I call landscape. No, it’s not a painting, no, you’re not on drugs (well, maybe you are, but that’s not the cause of this particular retinal explosion). It’s a world apparently made of bubble gum and sherbet, and it is in south-west China at Zhangye […]

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David Henry Hwang interview: race, class and Yellow Face

My Morning Star interview with David Henry Hwang, whose play Yellow Face launched London’s new Park Theatre last month. ‘We’re pretty good on race sometimes but terrible on class’ East Asian playwright DAVID HENRY HWANG talks to Anna Chen about issues of cultural assimilation and equality of opportunity  ONLY six months before I finally meet David

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Eat The Rich star takes to her paints: Al Pillay’s Demented Divas exhibition

You’ve seen her living the dream and wreaking revenge on the expoiting fat cats making our lives a misery in Eat the Rich. Now see Al Pillay‘s artwork in north London’s L’Absinthe Restaurant. On until 1st May, International Labour Day and the day after my birthday when I am 37 again. Demented Divas is a

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World’s most expensive everything for the rich: £1000 coq au vin

Are the rich buying these thousand-quid meals with the tax they’ll be saving when the top rate drops from 50 per cent? Or with their gargantuan bonuses? I’ve been banging on about obscene conspicuous consumption for a while now, especially during the increasing attacks on the poor in the midst of a triple-dip recession. We’ve

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