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The spooky comedy franchise may seem an unlikely place to find an ethnicity and faith adviser, but productions are increasingly aware of a duty to make sure communities are truthfully representedThe “sensitivity reader” is a well-established, if cont...
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From manicured, exclusive retreats built on slave money to common ground in which to seed utopian dreams, gardens occupy a fertile space in our lives and imaginationsI have a dream sometimes. I dream I’m in a house, and discover a door I didn’t know...
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You will laugh and may cry watching these charming youngsters prepare for their bar and batmitzvahs – but with antisemitism on the rise, this film feels bizarrely flimsyIn itself, the hour-long documentary Growing Up Jewish is … fine. Gentle and upli...
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Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive A trove of Welsh hymns believed to have been “cancelled” by all-male committees because they did not like their open approach to i...