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My Beautiful Laundrette review – landmark critique of Thatcher’s Britain with a larky Ealing air

Rerelease of funny-sad tale of a laundry madeover by a young south Asian man and his love interest (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a unique subversion of 1980s UK politics

The Guardian - UK

‘It was a buddy movie – and then they kissed’: Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishi on My Beautiful Laundrette at 40

We meet the director and writer of the classic gay romance for tea, cake and bubbles to talk about the movie that changed cinema – and the lives of everyone involved

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh book festival to focus on hope with line-up including Kureishi and Sturgeon

Former footballer Ally McCoist also among guests as festival seeks to broaden its appeal

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Marriage Material review – cornershop comedy with a cardi-and-trousers charm

Great 1970s costumes, bubbling performances and an elegant set tee up this adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s novel about a Sikh family facing Enoch Powell-era racism

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Hanif Kureishi: ‘The NHS only functions on immigration’

Author praised NHS staff as he looked back on his time in hospital after a traumatic neck injury

The Independent UK

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Hanif Kureishi: Right-wing ideology is thriving in the swamps of self-help and gym-bro culture

It is 1964 and my father is up a ladder in a second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road. This is how we’d spend our Saturdays, hunting for old stuff: philosophy, psychology, fiction and politics. My father, an Indian, was also looking for something in Buddhist and Taoist texts that would…

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David Bowie's childhood home in Bromley — where he moved aged six — for sale for £450k

Bowie moved into the two-bedroom house from Brixton in 1953 and lived there for a year

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Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and Hanif Kureishi join packed Hay festival lineup

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader, is also due to appear, in a festival dedicated to activism and an exploration of the impact of AI

The Guardian - UK

Michael Sheen, Anton Du Beke and Donald Trump’s niece among Hay Festival line-up

The arts and literature event will also see Hanif Kureishi, who woke up without the use of his hands, arms and legs, speak.

Evening Standard

Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence

Freedom of speech groups alarmed after events to promote book by Hope Not Hate employee are called off

The Guardian - UK

‘It has been a year since I felt joy’: Paul Sagar on coming to terms with the climbing accident that paralysed him

A 20-metre fall while mountaineering left the academic and philosopher with life-changing injuries. In this extract from his diary, his clear-eyed willingness to confront his situation leads to some breathtakingly honest reflections

The Guardian - UK

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

THE LIST: Catch up on 2024’s most illuminating life stories, encompassing tales of recovery, literary feuds and devastating betrayal, with Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of the best memoirs and biographies

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Shattered By Hanif Kureishi; The Hidden 20%; Begin Again; The Joe Rogan Experience – review

The now paralysed writer’s memoir is a compelling listen; an award-winning show features neurodivergent guests; Davina McCall connects with fellow midlife women; and the world’s biggest podcaster meets Musk and Trump

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Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – picking up the pieces

The Buddha of Suburbia author’s wildly inspiring memoir of illness and defiance

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The Buddha of Suburbia at the Barbican review: an exuberant affair exploring cultural and sexual identity

4/5 There are terrific performances, puppets and plenty of shagging in this adaptation of Hanif Kureishi’s novel

The Guardian - UK

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed

The author’s memoir recounts his life since the accident that left him paralysed and mixes typically forthright takes on sex and scatology with ruthless candour about his physical state

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Now or never: inside the 18 October Guardian Weekly

Can Kamala Harris win America’s hearts and minds? Plus: Hanif Kureishi, after his life-changing fall

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‘My body is broken, but I’m not going to give up’: Hanif Kureishi on life after the accident that paralysed him

He was known for taboo-busting, transgressive stories about identity, sexuality and belonging. Then the author and screenwriter broke his neck. But he’s still every bit as provocative …

Evening Standard

Sally Rooney, Hanif Kureishi, Elizabeth Strout: the best new books for Autumn

Discover the best new books this Autumn, from gripping novels to insightful memoirs

The Guardian - UK

In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi review – so frank it’s breathtaking

Two years ago, a catastrophic fall changed Kureishi’s life in an instant. But it’s clear from this film that it hasn’t changed his wild, hilarious, trailblazing spirit

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Hanif Kureishi reflects on life before and after his fall

The writer is unsentimental about his devastating accident in a moving new film. Plus: Richard E Grant on Mozart the musical prodigy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Buddha of Suburbia; Love’s Labour’s Lost – review

A new era at the RSC opens with a potent staging by Emma Rice and Hanif Kureishi of his classic everyman tale and a clever take on Shakespeare’s comedy that cuts through the verbiage – with help from a Bridgerton stalwart

The Guardian - UK

The Buddha of Suburbia review – playful spin through Hanif Kureishi’s novel

Emma Rice directs an ebullient RSC version of the landmark 1990 story of sex, music, class and racism

The Guardian - UK

‘Although I’m tetraplegic, I’ve started to feel normal’: Hanif Kureishi on staging The Buddha of Suburbia

As his coming-of-age rollercoaster hits the stage, the novelist talks about the boredom of hospitals, how Britain has changed since Buddha – and why shouting at his kids is a great way to write blogs

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