Reuben Bharucha

★★★★★

Following the lives of Chinese farmers Youtie Ma and Guiying, Return to Dust explores rural life in the most populous country on earth. Enduring trauma, severe storms, exploitative elites and unfeeling […]

“Writing and talking are very different,” Fran Lebowitz observed with signature curtness at a live event in Edinburgh in late June. For someone whose career rests on both, the statement appeared insightful. She […]

James Caan, star of The Godfather and Misery, died on 6 July aged 82.

Caan’s career experienced drastic highs and lows, from early success and fame in films such as The Godfather and Funny Lady to a period o […]

Ray Liotta, star of Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, died on Thursday whilst shooting his latest project aged 67.

Born in New Jersey, Liotta would come to be associated primarily with gangster films, the most […]

Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated director of The Last Picture Show and What’s Up Doc died on Thursday age 82. Bogdanovich was one of the central figures in the New Hollywood Movement that defined American c […]

On 7 October 2001, George W. Bush stood in the White House Treaty Room and announced in a televised address that the United States and Britain had launched military strikes in Afghanistan. Nearly twenty years […]

On January 20th, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. With a pandemic that has cost over 350,000 lives in full swing and the considerable economic fallout to boot, he faces […]

It was a sight that would once have been unthinkable. On 14th October, a car carrying the queen and heir apparent of Thailand was mobbed by protesters as it passed through the streets of Bangkok. The following […]

On Tuesday, Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden ended months of TV-pundit speculation, news-outlet ranking and political gossiping. In a Tweet, he announced his selection of Kamala Harris, the junior […]

August 5th was a significant date for India, marking two events that signified further steps in the shift away from its secular roots towards a Hindu state. First, it marked the one-year anniversary of the repeal […]

Vietnam is a country known for many things: Mad motorbike traffic, a single-party communist government, a violent war, beautiful scenery, delicious food, and friendly people. Now, successfully dealing with the […]