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Known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, Mary Ann Evans ruled the Indian box office in the 1930s and 40s. Source link

The director of the 2022 Oscar-winning film speaks of his shock at the death of Alexei Navalny. Source link

“The pattern in the last few days [is] not really very promising but, as I always repeat, we will always remain optimistic and will always remain pushing,” said Sheik Mohammed, speaking at a meeting of world leaders at the Munich Security Conference. Source link

Taylor Swift is arguably the biggest pop star in the world but 15 years ago she was just emerging as the global phenomenon she is today. In 2009, as she promoted her second album Fearless, she spoke to BBC Breakfast’s Louise Minchin and Jon Sopel about her British fans, her love of music since childhood and connecting with her audience on MySpace. Source link

Mr Navalny was one of the most prominent faces of Russian opposition to Mr Putin’s regime and was serving a three-decade sentence for politically-motivated charges at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in Kharp, about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) north of Moscow. Source link

Tracy-Ann Oberman is playing Shylock in Shakespeare’s classic The Merchant of Venice, as the play is transported to 1930s London.The production is set in east London against the backdrop of the Battle of Cable Street. Oberman told BBC London’s Sonja Jessup why that area of London was so important to her.The Merchant of Venice 1936 is on at the Criterion Theatre in London Source link

Budapest has seen mass protests over a sexual abuse case involving top allies of PM Viktor Orban. Source link

New work by Lulu Guinness, Rob Ryan and Angie Lewin sits side-by-side with pieces by Edward Bawden. Source link

Ukraine’s leader says Russia’s Vladimir Putin will unleash a catastrophe if he is allowed to win the war. Source link

Surprise parties are difficult to manage and organise, you’ve got to make sure that the decorations aren’t found and that guests keep tight-lipped about the arrangements. One thing that most people don’t have to worry about though, is whether it’s going to be inadvertently announced on television. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened when BBC Weather’s Kawser Quamer was asked about her weekend plans, at the end of Friday evening’s North West Tonight. Source link