Weather Afternoon: 12°c Light showers Tonight: 8°c Light showers

News

HEADLINES:
RSS

Hanif Kureishi

Related topics: 

Latest articles

Where is the novelist to do our city justice?

31.07.09
Dickens’s novels seemed to encapsulate the entire city and London became the central character of his work... more

Fundamentalism lacks real depth in The Black Album

22.07.09
Hanif Kureishi has done neither himself nor his subject matter many favours in adapting The Black Album for stage.... more

Our migrants’ great gift to this city - literature

02.06.09
Arguments over the consequences of immigration are furious and frequent. But it has another, less-noticed, result: it fertilises literature ... more

Sound check: My word! It's a rap

22.05.09
Rising MC Speech Debelle is the latest performer to bring music to Bookslam, the literary nightclub that's breaking new ground.... more

Being a writer is a poor choice of job

04.03.09
Colm Toibin has revealed that the best thing about being a writer is: “The money. I never knew there would be money ... [writing] has nothing to do with enjoyment”... more

Some inside jobs in Writers' Rooms

04.12.08
Eamonn McCabe invites us into private worlds in Writers' Rooms where the secrets of creativity, memories of agonies and inspirations are stored. ... more

Mixed bag at Latitude

21.07.08
Latitude, this year proving itself as much an arts as a music festival, has doubled in size since its tentative beginning in 2006.... more

Stop writing if you must - but we won't stop reading

01.04.08
It is the ultimate literary scare story: the Society of Authors has said its 8,500 members are so worried about declining incomes because of internet publishing that they may stop writing books. Is this a threat or a prediction?... more

An enduring lust for life

29.02.08
... more

No threats could stop me making Brick Lane

30.10.07
Sarah Gavron, director of British film Brick Lane, explains why she went ahead with the controversial adaptation.... more

DVDs of the week

24.07.07
Peter O'Toole's Oscar-nominated role in Venus, a strong take on terrorism in Catch A Fire and a compilation from Roxy Music are among the DVDs of the week.... more

From Gormley to Kylie, he's done them all

13.06.07
British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan talks to writer Hanif Kureishi about dance, artistic creation and cultural identity at the National Portrait Gallery.... more

The queen and I

08.02.07
He took home an Evening Standard film award this week and is up for 10 Oscars, yet Stephen Frears isn't sure why his royal drama is such a hit. Maybe because it's about British dottiness, he says.... more

Life in the old dog yet

25.01.07
Fine acting performances can't transcend Venus, a film that hovers between near farce and tragi-comedy without ever landing on a convincing level.... more

Last of the hellraisers

23.01.07
Peter O'Toole is the great survivor of that generation of hard-living actors. All good preparation for his new role, he tells Nick Curtis.... more

Hollywood's new royalty

16.01.07
After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.... more

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

Dame Helen crowned queen of film awards

30.11.06
Dame Helen Mirren has been crowned queen of the British Independent Film awards after receiving a special award for film achievement.... more

One foot in the door, the other in the grave

20.10.06
Any film with Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips ought at least to have a modicum of entertainment in it and Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi's comedy Venus certainly has that.... more

An unreel line-up

18.10.06
The 50th London Film Festival kicks off with its usual flashbulb-popping flair, as British stars stud the red carpet for The Last King Of Scotland at Odeon Leicester Square.... more

London Film Festival highlights

14.09.06
Derek Malcolm chooses his highlights from the recently announced 50th London Film Festival line up.... more

More related topics: Hanif Kureishi and

NewsSportShowbiz

Latest pictures



Don't Miss

Steamy scenes for Purnell in Turkish bath

Scheming over the future of the Labour Party continues even in the most unlikely places

All stories

Promotions

Environmental initiatives

Find out how you can help to meet the challenges of climate change in London.


The Open University

Every year The Open University helps thousands of professionals progress in their careers.


Win the Best Seats

In London theatre when you vote for your favourite celebrity spec wearer.


Breast Cancer Care

Donate £1 and leave a message of support for a loved one in the Swarovski Garden of Wishes.


Win an iPodTouch

With Courvoisier when you share your thoughts on this week's cocktail.