A brief history of the Chinese who came to Britain by Anna Chen. In 2022, two Grand Narratives jockey for position defining China and its global diaspora: one which demonises, and the other which humanises.
A wonderfully clever short film made of St Ives in Cornwall, superimposing old black and white shots of the same views, made by Alban Roinard of St Eia Films and posted by St Ives Films. St Ives is where I often do all my best poetry and music performances for the May Literature and September
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Suffering from withdrawal symptoms at the end of my DVD box set binge of The Tudors — superb pacy story-telling, complex characters you cared about, stunning costumes and jewellery — I looked for a replacement. One friend assured me that The Borgias with Jeremy Irons was as good as. How could it not be? The
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The Opium War by Julia Lovell Review by Anna Chen – 17 May 2012 The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.George Orwell With renewed calls for the West to assert its imperial might in the interest
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Anna Chen – 10 March 2011, Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson “Killer Apps” episode, Civilisation Channel 4 Review by Anna Chen 10 March 2011 ‘Dominate, dominate, dominate.’ No, not an S&M dalek, but Niall Ferguson on the telly. I lost count of how many times this word, or variations thereof, came up in the first five
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