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Egypt protests: Defenceless animals caught in our crossfire
“WITH GAS MASKS ON and our determination, we went running in right away in order to break the lock,” says 22-year old Egyptian Hend Ghorab, a student in Cairo. She wasn’t risking her life to save people. She was saving animals. Forgotten animals of war and conflict.
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The Riots ablaze the Tricycle Theatre stage
THE SMELL OF TOXIC GAS engulfed the small interior of the Tricycle Theatre. Audience members covered their noses and shot one other alarming looks. I waited to hear an announcement to evacuate the building. Then the play began.
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Restorative justice: would you face your offender?
IN THE UK, 775 homes are broken into and half of the offenders come out of prison and strike again (UK Crime Statistics).
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Channel 4’s Top Boy: On top of its game?
CHANNEL 4 HAS ANNOUNCED the return of Top Boy – a four-part gripping drama on inner city youth gang culture. The successful first series is leading to a second four-part production due next year. But the first run failed to reflect a gaping hole in society: the dismantled relationship between youths and authorities.
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Court Reporting: Nothing but the truth
WATCHING THE START of the Stephen Lawrence trial, plus a murder trial with a recording of someone killed with a red hot poker, brought the crime world too close for (dis)comfort.
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English riots: Hundreds of rioters roaming free
PANORAMA’S INSIDE THE RIOTS reported that hundreds of culprits from August’s England riots are yet to be caught by police.
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Breaking News: Africa’s western black rhino is extinct
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the wild black rhino as extinct.
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Kaleidoscopic India by artist Natasha Kumar
Coca-doodle-do “IN INDIA, IF IT STAYS STILL long enough to be painted, it will be…” says Natasha Kumar, a distinguished UK-born artist who has explored and depicted her Indian heritage using her creative talent.
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World population 7 billion and counting. So where’s the worst place to be living?
The United Nations estimated that on 31 October, the global population reached 7 billion. So in such a packed out world, where’s the worst part we could be living in?
Monica Sarkar 