The World Cup in South Africa was widely recognised as an example of sport’s ability to unite different cultures. Indeed, football’s governing body used the tournament to make a big show of their commitment to driving racism out of the game. Team captains gave speeches to the crowd in support of FIFA’s anti-racism campaign before…
A community-based health and social care organization is helping to to raise awareness about road safety to tackle the problem of high rates of road traffic accidents in deprived areas. Pyramid Health and Social Care Association (PHASCA) recently hosted an annual youth community event which was organized by its Y2Y Youth Forum group. Young people…
Patricia Cain’s Building the Riverside Museum was unveiled as The Threadneedle visual arts prizewinner this week. At the same time, a survey commissioned by the award’s organizers revealed two-thirds of the public agree cultural institutions should rely less on taxpayer’s money. With the government asking funding bodies to demonstrate how they would handle budget cuts…
Scandal clouds the current 2010 Pakistan cricket tour of England. A questionable and lacklustre 3-1 loss in the four match test cricket series for the team from the sub-continent is just part of the story. This is a result of the ongoing furore surrounding match fixing and spot betting allegations against members of the Pakistani…
Young Londoners are ready for change and would consider having a female mayor for the first time, a new survey has revealed. The Your Say poll, carried out by People with Voices shows that young Londoners are more accepting of the idea of Oona King being elected as the London Mayor, compared to the older…
Dame Judi Dench stars as Bridget in this four part drama adapted for Channel 4oD from a novel by Catherine Heath. It charts the story of a dutiful, upper-class wife and mother whose husband Mark discards her for a new, young wife, Rebecca. The series is set over four episodes. Five years after her divorce,…
“If I am to die, let it be on the road to Mecca.” These are the foolish words of a young Ibn Battuta, setting out on his first epic journey which is recounted in this short, yet lively 45 minute drama. Journey to Mecca follows Ibn Battuta (Chems-Eddine Zinoune) on his 18 month journey to…