Rio de Janeiro: the most gay friendly destination in the world?
The authorities in Rio de Janeiro are aiming turn the city into the most gay friendly destination in the world. The government is launching innovative projects to attract this profitable branch of tourism – but is Rio really ready to be transformed into a gay vacation paradise?
A video designed to promote the city to precisely [...]
By Nicole Froio | The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents - | Wednesday, 27 July 2011 at 6:00 am
Harry Potter: Interview with Tom Felton
Tom Felton speaks with the ease of those who have been under the scrutiny of the media for a very long time. But his case is a strange one; he has been in this position since he was twelve. It is amazing that he has not become tired of speaking about Harry Potter after ten years of not only playing Potter’s nemesis, Draco Malfoy, but also being interviewed, quizzed and bothered about it.
By Nicole Froio | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Sunday, 17 July 2011 at 12:25 pm
Farewell Mr Potter
A decade ago, three child actors were chosen to be the magic trio in the Harry Potter movies. None of the people involved in the project – including the mother of it all, JK Rowling – could have foreseen the world phenomenon it turned out to be.
By Nicole Froio | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 12:40 pm
Hacking Scandal: Why student journalists should be the most worried
Journalism students are told they will be mistrusted, disliked and belittled in the first week of studying the trade. The public will always hate you, they are told, and you have to be fierce enough to go after the story they will read the next day despite this. Persistence and harassment are taught as means to get the truth and the byline.
By Nicole Froio | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 11 July 2011 at 12:35 pm
Feminism: why aren’t we talking about it?
When feminism seemed to have reached a stagnant point in modern society, Caitlin Moran has come to preach to the herd. Women have lost their taste for feminism and this book will bring it back with the bonus clarity of what it means to be a woman in the 21st century.
By Nicole Froio | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Wednesday, 22 June 2011 at 6:00 am
Senna: what he really meant to Brazil
One of my earliest memories is of my dad crying in front of the television, right after Ayrton Senna crashed in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. My understanding at the time was minimal as I was only four years old, but later I came to understand that Senna is one of the few Brazilian personalities who made the whole country proud.
By Nicole Froio | Film, The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents - | Thursday, 16 June 2011 at 11:41 am
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