2005
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5 days ago · Hanif Kureishi’s short story My Son the Fanatic is perhaps less shocking today than it was at the time it was published in 1996 - 9/11 really brought Islamic fundamentalism to the forefront of the world’s consciousness but five years earlier, it was probably relatively unknown.
2 days ago · 18. Hanif Kureishi. Author Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain’s best contemporary writers, having penned My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia, both of which feature gay relationships as a nod to Kureishi’s bisexuality.
2 days ago · WHEN LITERATURE WENT POP. Hanif Kureishi. 6 hrs ago. 60. 10. Dear Readers, As The Kureishi Chronicles hits its eighteenth month, I would like to thank you, my audience, for all your love and attentiveness. With of a following of twenty-eight thousand people, we are one of the largest Substacks in the country, and that is down to you. Read →.
2 days ago · Author Hanif Kureishi partially based the character on himself for his semi-autobiographical 1990 novel, about growing up in 1970s suburbia. Before Emma Rice’s brilliant production ends this Saturday, Gill Sutherland caught up with Dee, 28, before he heads out of Stratford to an undoubtedly bright future.
5 days ago · Our devotion extends beyond simply playing the sport. Like the narrator of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia, “I am and Englishman born and bred, almost.” Only one of my four grandparents was born in this country, a familiar story if your ancestors were European Jews living in the 1930s.
1 day ago · The Independent has released its annual Pride List, celebrating 50 LGBTQ+ change-makers from the past year, to coincide with the start of Pride month – and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is right at the top, having come out publicly as queer in September. Gatwa is now a household name, having first stepped into the shoes of the Time Lord in ...
2 days ago · 18. Hanif Kureishi. Author Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain’s best contemporary writers, having penned My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia, both of which feature gay relationships as a nod to Kureishi’s bisexuality.
