Tag: Syria

Exclusive Paddy Ashdown Interview ‘I Am Devoted To The Liberal Democrats’

Here is part three of our exclusive Paddy Ashdown interview. Take a look at part one and two. That’s a good answer. In your diaries you are clear about how close you were to Labour before and after the ’97 election, and that PR was the price of coalition. Given that the Lib Dems eventually …

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Heritage & Conflict: Syria’s Battle to Protect its Past

THE INAUGURAL EVENT IN A NEW SERIES OF WORLD MONUMENTS FUND TALKS: THE PAST, TODAY Heritage & Conflict: Syria’s Battle to Protect its Past Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Thursday 12th November 2015, 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm) Syria’s Monuments Man to give first ever talk to a London audience on …

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Syria: Humanity in Conflict

8 February – 14 September 2014, WaterWay Gallery,  IWM North Free Entry; Donations Welcome  ‘The reason I do it is because first and foremost I am Syrian and I can’t stand to see my people suffer.’ Hamza, Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer, December 2011 Photographs by an award winning Syrian photographer that reveal the impact …

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2013 In Brief

January Rail fares rise by 4.3 per cent in the UK, It is revealed that Jimmy Savile is the UK’s most prolific sex offender, making a scandal that rumbles on for the rest of the year. Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Iceland are forced to remove ‘beef’ products that are contaminated by horse meat. Barack Obama …

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Jemima Khan, Ewan McGregor & Robbie Turn Out at UNICEF UK Halloween Ball to Help Children of Syria

Long-standing UNICEF Ambassadors Jemima Khan, Ewan McGregor and Robbie Williams were among guests at UNICEF UK’s star–studded Halloween Ball, raising vital funds for UNICEF’s work helping the children of Syria. The event raised an amazing £1million, made possible by the UK Government matching all donations on the night pound for pound. UNICEF UK Ambassador, Jemima Khan said, “For over …

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The Week in Syria

There seems to be no let up for the people of Syria after another brutal week. Even Foreign Secretary William Hague described the situation as “bleak” and said that a peaceful resolution to the 17-month conflict looked “unlikely”. Kofi Annan quit as United Nations’ envoy to Syria. Hague spoke as Syrian forces clashed yet again …

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Reel Syria Film Festival 2012

REEL SYRIA 2012 London March 15-18   Following the successful REEL FESTIVALS 2011: SYRIA, LEBANON, SCOTLAND – a trilateral exchange of contemporary music, film and literature from Syria, Lebanon and Scotland, Reel Festivals returns for its fifth year with Reel Syria 2012, in association with Mosaic Initiative for Syria, supporting Syrian artists and showcasing Syrian …

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A Tribute to Adonis

First U.K solo exhibition of art works by great Syrian poet 3 February – 30 March 2012                                                           The Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW   ‘His vision is extraordinary. His poetry sublime… He is for me a master of our times’ V.S. Naipaul   The Mosaic Rooms is delighted to announce for 2012 …

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