The Invention That Stops Girls Missing School Every Month

In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day's pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte Ashton me...

Kaleidoscope - Laughter Above All

It's driving one section of theatre folk to despair, and causing another section to success-- the popularity of comedy above all else.

Audiences are flocking t...

Two Children Drown Every Day On Average Trying To Reach Safety In Europe

In a joint statement, issued in Geneva, UNHCR, UNICEF and the IOM warned that the number of child deaths was on the increase and called for more measures to increase safety...

Kaleidoscope - A Li'l Bit Of Kindness

Intolerance is the word of the season-- all over the world, people are losing their patience, compassion and that sense of community that makes life worthwhile. What does a...

Palm Springs Film Fest Awards Gala Brings Depp, Blanchett, Damon And More To The Desert

The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala took place Saturday night at the Palm Springs Convention Center. It made for an evening of unusual juxtapositions, ...

Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...

Orlando Bloom Meets Refugees In Serbia.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has completed his two-day visit to Serbia to meet refugee and migrant children moving into Europe in the hope of finding a place of...

Orlando Bloom Meets Refugees In Serbia.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has completed his two-day visit to Serbia to meet refugee and migrant children moving into Europe in the hope of finding a place of...