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Review of the play A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Performing the 1974 version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, the story of Brick Pollitt a recently married man who goes back down south to celebrate his father, Big Daddy’s, birthday. This is the first time a Broadway play with an all black cast has transferred to the West End. That alone makes the play stand out but what makes it truly remarkable is that all the actors in this production of Cat are first class.

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Perfect popcorn fodder

We’ve seen the set up before: a good man turns to violence when his wife and child are brutally murdered in front of his eyes and he seeks revenge. Although it’s not the most sophisticated film of all time, Law Abiding Citizen is certainly better than the 80s straight-to-video machine-gun fest (possibly starring Steven Seagal) that you would expect based on its opening scene. Thankfully the “good man” in question (played by Gerard Butler) has a much more contemplative take on getting his own back than your average Arnold Schwarzenegger, which makes for a brutal and twisty thriller.

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PRECIOUS awards: celebrating the achievements of black women

In 1999, frustrated by the lack of magazines representing women of colour, publishing and new media specialist Foluke Akinlose launched PRECIOUS Online. The event was to mark the beginning of a remarkable journey that led Akinlose to expand the Precious brand into an online network and a sought-after business awards scheme. Mainstream media took notice, making Foluke one of Courvoisier’s Top 500 people to watch in 2008! The business woman took time out of her busy schedule to tell us about the PRECIOUS Awards.

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Channel 4’s Race Season

Consider this: two women are sitting side by side; one woman is black, the other white. Physically their differences are obvious, but what about mentally? Could one be, by virtue of her race alone, less intelligent than the other?

The notion that black people are inherently less intelligent than their white counterparts is not a new argument and is rarely met with anything other than fervent contempt, criticism and the denunciation of those who would dare to utter such a concept, as promoting a culture of racism.

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