http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1979 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163159/1/1979 Every journalist should see this play, and most will squirm with embarrassment. Anyone interested in the media should also spend a couple of hours underneath the arches. It’s a play with a point, but it’s also funny and entertaining. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163128/1/1979 The new UK climate projections published by the Met Office Hadley Centre are a valuable risk management tool for policymakers. But they also speak volumes about the global failure to protect poor countries from climate change. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85416 One of the most infamous scandals in financial history, Enron, becomes a theatrical epic. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85027 William Dalrymple's book review draws interesting parallels between post-independence land reform in India and Pakistan and the contrasting path of modern literature in the two countries. Financial Times http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162393/1/1979 “In Afghanistan”, says the ad for Afghan Star, “you risk your life to sing.” http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162360/1/1979 David Hare will perform his own work, Wall, drawing on his trips to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, at the Royal Court on 12-14 March. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162342/1/1979 England People Very Nice is designedly not very nice. Funny, sharp, chaotic, focused; but not very nice. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162149/1/1979 England People Very Nice is a journey through four waves of immigration from the 17th century to today. As the French Huguenots, the Irish, the Jews and the Bangladeshis enter the chaotic world of Bethnal Green, each new influx provokes a surge of violent protest over housing, jobs, religion and culture. And the emerging pattern shows that white flight and anxiety over integration are anything but new. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162060/1/1979 Setting the final scene of Slumdog Millionaire in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus unwittingly links the film with the recent terrorism outrage. Can the "war on terror" hope to end as happily as the film? http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161943/1/1979 Syria has a thriving industry in the design and manufacture of imaginative women's lingerie. A new book "The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie" reveals much about women's freedom in the Arab world. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161508/1/1979 Emteaz Hussain says she ran away and took shelter in a women’s refuge when she was 16, so it’s not surprising that the central characters in her first play, Sweet Cider, are two young British Asian women who have run away from home. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160755/1/1979 The lives of humanitarian aid workers will be in the spotlight on 11 and 12 July, when the curtain goes up on Think global, fuck local at London’s Royal Court Theatre. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160442/1/1979 Durgabai Deshmukh Award winner Daud Sharifa Khanam from southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu provided Muslim women a platform to challenge the oppressive patriarchal system. For this, she has had to face the ire of Muslim clerics. She was hated, abused and threatened but she never gave up the fight. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160408/1/1979 Traditional midwives or dais have been overlooked by India’s National Rural Health Mission that focuses solely on institutional delivery. In a country having the highest maternal mortality rate and collapsing rural health care, there is a need to integrate these women in public health programmes. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/160211/1/1979