In my column of 14 July 2017, titled “Biafra: From monologue to dialogue,” I had a tinge of optimism that the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was about to end. The optimism was…
Americans and French visit Guernsey to celebrate life of Victor Hugo
The life of Victor Hugo has been celebrated in Guernsey with people travelling from as far as the USA to learn more about his story. The 19th century French writer lived in exile in Guernsey for 15 years after being…
BBC’s ‘Les Miserables’ recreates the dark world of Victor Hugo’s novel (Variety)
Director Tom Shankland didn’t want his Les Miserables to be anything like the stage-musical version of Victor Hugo’s sweeping historical novel, nor like the 2012 Tom Hooper feature-film musical. For the BBC limited series — a drama starring Olivia Colman,…