November 2014

Being Human Festival: Anna Chen talks about Chinese comedy in culture debate

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Being Human Festival: Ha ha ha? Laughter and Humour Across Languages and Time. Had a lovely time last night talking at another event in the Being Human Festival. Laughter is generally regarded as something quintessentially human: being human means being able to laugh (or so Aristotle claimed). However, the things that make people laugh can […]

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Doctor Who review season finale: Death In Heaven and an ideological battleground

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Doctor Who: Death in Heaven season finale — an ideological battleground. SPOILER ALERT Cybermen meet zombies in the second half of this A Matter of Life and Death nick in which our intrepid heroes hissy-fit around a lot. There’s so much that could have worked beautifully in this series. How can you have those great

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More or Less Asian? Stereotypes in Literature: talk at Asia House 12th Nov 2014

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The cuddly liberal Guardian thought this illustration was OK. The original photo of the squirrel before the Guardian’s Goebbels squad got on the job. I’m on a panel next Wednesday at Asia House for a debate — More or Less Asian? — alongside actor and playwright Daniel York, playwright Yasmeen Khan, author Niven Govenden and

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