Hanif Kureishi

                   

Born in the U.K.

ultrabrown.com     Jun 25, 2008          

Greetings from Bury Park is journie Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir about growing up working class in Luton. Manzoor’s Pakistani father worked at the Vauxhall auto factory, his mother sewed piecework out of her living room, and...                    

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www.blog.de     Jun 24, 2008          

Well, nine of you were still there. We did exercise four of the LPEG unit 2 on the relative clauses. Afterwards I read the short story excerpt of "My son The Fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi to you and you scanned and listed the...                    

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The search for identity

freerepublic.com     Jun 20, 2008   3 related          

Ask the half-Syrian debut novelist Robin Yassin-Kassab to sum up western misconceptions of the Middle East, and he tells a story. In 1996 Yassin-Kassab moved from England, where he grew up with his English mother, to Damascus....                    

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Cover Stories: PFD Agency; Edinburgh International Book Festival; Alan Sillitoe

independent.co.uk     Jun 20, 2008   11 related          

So, as predicted here in April, Caroline Michel has metaphorically clambered into bed with Andrew Neil. This week he led a group of private City investors in a buy-out of the PFD agency from its owners, CSS Stellar. He has paid...                    

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rediff.com: Tannishtha Chatterjee in Brick Lane rediff.com

How Brick Lane was made: Director's cut

rediff.com     Jun 19, 2008   10 related          

Filmmaker Sarah Gavron grew up watching Hollywood's fantasy films, but never seriously thought about the filmmaking process. But Brick Lane -- based on Monica Ali's Man Booker Prize finalist novel -- is about the Bangladeshi...                    

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Something To Tell You

apn.co.nz     Jun 14, 2008          

SOMETHING TO TELL YOU By Hanif Kureishi Faber, $35 Kureishi has made his name with unconventional exploration of race, class, sexuality and cultural identity in London. His latest incarnation, Jamal Khan, is a successful...                    

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Sir Sean takes on star role at book festival

scotsman.com     Jun 13, 2008   1 related          

Published Date: 13 June 2008 SIR Sean Connery will be returning to Edinburgh to unveil his long-awaited autobiography on his 78th birthday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, it was announced yesterday. Among those...                    

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realbuzz.com: Latitude festival logo realbuzz.com

Latitude announce BBC Radio 4 arena

realbuzz.com     Jun 12, 2008          

17th – 20th July 2008 Henham Park , Southwold, Suffolk Latitude announce the BBC RADIO 4 ARENA *JUST A MINUTE* featuring NICHOLAS PARSONS, ROSS NOBLE & PHILL JUPITUS *LOOSE ENDS* featuringPETER CURRAN & GUILLEMOTS *STORIES WITH...                    

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bbc.co.uk: Sir Sean Connery (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images bbc.co.uk

Sean Connery's memoirs to reveal his views on Being a Scot

bbc.co.uk     Jun 12, 2008   48 related          

Connery's book launch is a scoop for the 25th book festival Sir Sean Connery's long-awaited memoirs will be unveiled at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. Organisers said the launch would be a world exclusive...                    

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guardian.co.uk: Francis Cuka and Avis Bunnage in A Taste of Honey guardian.co.uk

Realism to 'reality': TV drama's sad demise

guardian.co.uk     Jun 10, 2008   1 related          

A Taste of Honey ushered in a golden age of British drama. Fifty years ago this month A Taste of Honey by unknown teenage writer Shelagh Delaney opened at a London fringe theatre. It is only when considering the developments in...                    

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