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A Serving of Rice ‘n’ Peas Please!

Rice ‘n’ peas: As bland as this may sound to some, the particular dish in question is fiery and intense, served on a plate of honesty and sprinkled with a dash of hard-hitting sincerity.

Local independent film company riceNpeas, based in Notting Hill, was born out of the desire for real, unbiased documentary-making and, in the words of director/producer Ishmahil Blagrove, provides “a chance to bring the otherwise unheard and marginalised voices into the international arena”. His passion and enthusiasm for uncovering the truth regarding indigenous groups and their misrepresentation is easily apparent.

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• "Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual." Angela Carter
• "You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Samuel Johnson
• "In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea." John Osborne
• "I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be." Oscar Wilde
• "A hundred cabinet-makers in London can work a table or a chair equally well; but no one poet can write verses with such spirit and elegance as Mr. Pope." David Hume