Plaistow pop superstar Mumzy Stranger delves into Barnardo’s rich east London archive

Chart-topping British Bangladeshi singer and producer is taking part in FastForADay campaign during Ramadan   Award-winning British Muslim pop superstar Mumzy Stranger took a dive into the Barnardo’s archive in his home neighbourhood of Plaistow as part of a Ramadan campaign to support the UK’s leading children’s charity. Mumzy, who has topped the UK Asian Charts and was named Asian Artist of the Year at the 2017 Urban Music Awards, wanted to find out more about Barnardo’s history in east London after joining #FastForADay, an influencer-driven campaign to raise awareness…

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Channel 4 announces new immersive programme, My Week As A Muslim

At a time when relationships between different cultures and faiths are under particular strain in the UK, Channel 4 has commissioned The Garden Productions to make My Week As A Muslim (wt) a one-off immersive programme that will explore what it’s like to be Muslim in Britain today, and challenge some of the assumptions and prejudices that different communities in the UK have about each other. Using radical methods the powerful and frank film will offer insight into the everyday lives of people from two separate cultures and explore the…

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