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		<title>Plotting the arc of darkness with Joss Whedon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to my interview with Joss Whedon for Radio 3&#8242;s Night Waves on June 12th. We covered his writing for Roseanne, Shakespearean superheroes, his love of musicals &#8212; especially Brigadoon &#8211;  the way studios treat writers, (take Firefly &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=5207">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Italy&#8217;s Mafia Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every weekend when I was 10 years old, I had to write an English composition for homework. It was 1978 and drawing on the daily news on my TV screen for source material I wrote one  imagining I was the &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=5010">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>But it&#8217;s news&#8230; Some questions about Woolwich coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;ll be discussing questions about BBC TV&#8217;s news coverage of the horrific Woolwich street murder of a young soldier on Newswatch with the head of the BBC Newsroom, Mary Hockaday on Friday May 24th. This blog post lays out some &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4862">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Only connect: Charles Correa and the power of the empty centre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I interviewed Charles Correa, India&#8217;s Greatest living architect  at RIBA yesterday, which is holding a retrospective of his remarkable career till September 4th. He&#8217;s just given them his archive of papers which you can explore online below. His story is &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4738">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An ethically lighter way to enjoy chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am not keen on those books by apparently very affluent globetrotting authors with a nice life, that tell us to spend less, slow down and focus on the spiritual. In fact I speed-read Carl Honore’s “In Praise of &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4687">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Billy Liar, Bradford and the birth of the dollybird</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 23:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.&#8221; Everyone loves Billy Liar. Apart from whoever wrote imdb&#8217;s current bizarrely censorious plot summary &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4615">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Malala, Muslim women and &#8220;misery&#8221; memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading memoirs and novels by the authors taking part in Thursday&#8217;s Asia House panel discussion about women, freedom and the Islamic world, when the multimillion pound book deal of Malala Yousafzai was announced. What does the apparent popularity &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4462">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From The Mahabharata to The Matrix: Prophecy, Chosen Ones &amp; lazy storytelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a version of a column that first appeared in The Big Issue. Journalism worth paying for. Every week from street vendors around the UK. Subscriptions are available if you can&#8217;t buy on the street. All funds go to &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4166">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From avenger to screamer: How Dr Who assistants remain trapped in time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reunion programme for Radio 4, produced by Peter Curran, recently brought together some of the original cast and crew of the first episode of Doctor Who. The first Dr Who team was notable for its diversity &#8212; Waris Hussein &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4373">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How The West Was Fun: When Britain loved cowboys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Unforgiven (1961) &#8211; The Searchers in reverse This is about the back ground to the April 6th documentary I made for Radio 4 about the Western in British culture. You can listen again here: Archive on Four documentary Riding &#8230; <a href="http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=4019">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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