• Jun 13 2013
  • 3:01pm
Orwell's 1984 (again) and a massacre in 1940
I had a visit to Birmingham and found some Polish culture in Bordesley Street.  There was a restaurant so Polish that the waiter spoke Polish until I asked if I might order in...
  • Jan 22 2013
  • 8:44pm
No: a film about Chile in the time of Pinochet
No, I have to say that I have not seen it yet, this film called No.
  • Nov 2 2012
  • 2:10pm
Unreported World
Unreported World is back with a new series of reports starting this evening, 2 Nov.
  • Jun 18 2012
  • 3:59pm
Andrew Marr and the world beyond the UK
Andrew Marr interviews both the Dalai Lama and the International Development Secretary in the UK government, Andrew Mitchell, on BBC 1 on Sunday 24 June 2012 from 9 am.  Last ...
  • Jun 17 2012
  • 12:53pm
Baaba Maal appeals for help against famine in Africa
Senegalese musician, Baaba Maal, has written in the Guardian about food sh
  • Apr 20 2012
  • 10:23am
Killing for Honour?
I heard an interview with Elif Shafak on BBC Radio 4 and she has also been featured in Meet the Author i
  • Apr 12 2012
  • 9:10pm
Unreported World from Sudan
Channel 4 shows Unreported World on Friday 13 April 2012.  The report this time comes from Sudan and may show why George Clooney was willing to get arrested to draw attention ...
  • Apr 8 2012
  • 3:19pm
Mexican newspaper fights for truth
A tiny Mexican newspaper is leading the fight for truth in the face of the drugs war, says this art
  • Apr 3 2012
  • 4:51pm
Newsnight on 3 April reports from Burma
Newsnight on 3 April 2012 included a report by Sue Lloyd Roberts from Kachin in Burma.
  • Mar 20 2012
  • 2:50pm
Escape from a North Korean prison camp
This Guardian article tells how one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp.

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