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Monthly Archives: August 2015

BBC World: Shanghai showgirl’s story of sequins and censorship

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Josephine

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If the strangeness of opening a burlesque club in China had not occurred to Amelia Kallman and Norman Gosney as a Buddhist cleansing ceremony took place in their future venue, it certainly did when they found themselves submitting Frank Sinatra lyrics to be vetted by the local cultural department.

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BBC World: How can the death of an IS hostage be verified?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Josephine

Croatia says it fears the worst for Tomislav Salopek after an Egyptian jihadist group affiliated to Islamic State (IS) claimed it had killed him. But how do authorities try to check such claims?

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Josephine McDermott is an award-nominated BBC documentary maker.

She has presented two critically-acclaimed Archive on 4 programmes for BBC Radio 4, and produces and presents Witness History on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.

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