Half Of A Yellow Sunby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie rightly won the Orange prize for fiction for this novel set during the Nigeria-Biafran war in the 1960s.
Denzel Washington's first film as a director is deeply touching. The true story of Antwone Fisher, who wrote the screenplay, is an inspirational tale about a young man attempting to gain control over his present and future by coming to terms with his past. Antwone, played by Derek Luke, is enlisted in the US navy and is prone to uncontrollable outbursts of anger.
NourMaloumaMarabi RecordingsCD out now Imagine a conscious collision between Tinariwen and Natacha Atlas and you’ll begin to picture Nour, the superb new album from the remarkable Mauritanian singer and social activist Malouma.
In 1428 the peasant who would become known as Joan of Arc announced that voices from god had told her she would liberate France from English occupation.
Global capitalism badly needs a Third World success story – a rags-to-riches tale that can wipe out all those bad memories of failed World Bank programmes and crippling IMF debt. And, according to comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar, India fits the bill perfectly.
Golden Doordirected by Emanuele Crialesefilm on general release This exquisite French Italian co-production is one of the best films this year.
The new US drama series Heroes places people with extraordinary physical and mental powers in a relatively ordinary world.
Every now and then you’re reminded that there’s Building – and then there’s Architecture. Building is something that comes out of a catalogue or off a production line. It is never credited to a designer, but rather to Barratt Homes, Wimpey or whoever. Architecture, on the other hand is an art, made by an artist – something exceptional.
Kelvedon Festival Saturday 14 July, FreeThe Recreation Ground Kelvedon, Essex
Daily Encounters is a new exhibition of British newspaper photography that has just opened at the National Portrait Gallery in central London. This, taken in 1945, shows a Daily Express journalist taking a "truth drug" as part of an investigation into CIA experiments.
Paines Plough is one of the country’s best known touring theatre companies. It is dedicated to discovering, developing and producing new contemporary works for the theatre.
The BBC Proms each summer offers a treasure trove of great (and sometimes rarely played) music performed by the cream of today’s musicians – with ticket prices lower than the cinema.
