Musicals can be a tough sell
Ibtisam Ahmed analyses why recent musicals have had a hard time financially and seen a fall in ticket sales despite good reviews.
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Tête à tête: Has Banksy sold out?
Ibtisam Ahmed and Milo Barnett fight it out on whether Banksy has lost his edge
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Game of Thrones Series Blog: The Children
Ibtisam Ahmed concludes his Games of Thrones blog by reviewing the action-packed season finale, 'The Children'.
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Game, set, match: 2014 tennis so far
Ibtisam Ahmed reflects on all of the tennis action this year ahead of Wimbledon.
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The Wacky World of Webisodes: School of Thrones
Ibtisam Ahmed reviews School of Thrones one of the most entertaining parodies of the famous HBO series
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What we’re reading this summer
With exams coming to a close, six writers give their picks for the books they will be diving into
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Game of Thrones Series Blog: The Watchers on the Wall
Ibtisam Ahmed updates his Game of Thrones blog with the series' penultimate episode, featuring the stunning battle at the Wall
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Game of Thrones Series Blog: The Mountain and the Viper
Ibtisam Ahmed reviews episode 8 of Game of Thrones, and recounts the most disturbing death scene yet...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Mourns: Maya Angelou Remembered
Ibtisam Ahmed memorialises the celebrated writer and civil rights advocate
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Hollywood’s New Clothes: The Limitless Potential of Designer Biopics
Are designer biopics an undiscovered goldmine for cinema? Ibtisam Ahmed explores.
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Gove Puts the “English” Back in the GCSE Syllabus
Two Books writers discuss the potential damage caused by Michael Gove’s changes to the English curriculum.
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Fitting In: How the Internet Responded to the California Killings
Ibtisam Ahmed is cautious not to simplify the complex matter of the Santa Barbara massacre
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A Conversation with Argo’s Tony and Jonna Mendez
Ibtisam Ahmed chats to writers and former secret agents Tony and Jonna Mendez about "Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History"
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