CANNES HOOPLA? WORTH THE BOTHER?
PEOPLE look at you with a certain amount of envy and curiosity when you say you have just returned from Cannes. You don’t even have to add, film festival. They …
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A ‘no’ is not the end!
Job rejection is always hard to take but here we tell you how to cope with it and keep your head held high. Article by Antal International A Facebook …
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The Sense of a Moment: Iconic Gianni Berengo Gardin Exhibits in UK
Prahlad Bubbar gallery is bringing work of Italy’s most celebrated living photographer Gianni Berengo Gardin (born 1930), in his first UK exhibition since he was selected by Bill Brandt for …
Read More2013 in Review: The Best in Film
AGI presents five must-see films from this year (plus one runner-up and a special home video release) for any fan of Asian cinema. In alphabetical order. 1. The Grandmaster: …
Read More2013 in Review: The Best in Books
With a little something for everyone, here’s the 13 best books related to Asia that we came across in 2013, organized by category…. ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY Asian Britain: A Photographic …
Read MoreArtist In-depth: Jukhee Kwon, Sculptor of Books
Jukhee Kwon is a book artist or rather, a book sculptor. She takes books which have been thrown out or ‘abandoned’ by their owners and turns them into a different …
Read MoreInterview: Musical Actress Na-Young Jeon, Fantine in West End ‘Les Miserables’
Na-Young Jeon is a well-known Dutch Korean actress in Holland (the Netherlands) where she starred in ‘Miss Saigon’ and she has appeared in numerous television programs there and in Belgium. …
Read MoreLondon Calendar (Nov 18-24)
NOTE: This is an unusually slow week for Asian events in London. Hopefully things will pick up again next week… EAT The ‘House of Ho‘ is a new Vietnamese restaurant …
Read More2013 London Korean Film Festival: Interview with Director/Producer Kang Woo-suk
Kang Woo-suk (강우석) has been called ‘the most powerful man in Korean cinema’. Why? Because, aside from his prolific and hugely successful directorial career reaching back to the 1980s, he …
Read MoreTyphoon Haiyan: Aid worker speaks
Several British vessels and aid workers are heading to the Philippines as the UN has appealed for more aid in the midst of large-scale devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. With …
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