Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, 19, to star in Netflix’s Pride And Prejudice adaptation The Netherfield Girls

Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, 19, cast as Lizzie Bennet in Netflix’s Pride And Prejudice adaptation The Netherfield Girls By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:02 BST, 3 June 2021 | Updated: 00:13 BST, 3 June 2021 Yet another adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice is in the works. Netflix has commissioned … Read more

Tribunal to hear claim of prejudice at Starling

Former employee of Starling files discrimination claim against fast-growing bank By Emma Dunkley For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:32 BST, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 23:32 BST, 17 April 2021 A former employee of Starling Bank has filed a discrimination claim that will be heard in court this week. Gulnaz Raja, who was the … Read more

U.S. Vogue’s racism smear and niggling doubts about its own toxic prejudice

Who would ever think that Vogue, the fashion industry’s in-house ‘bible’, might be racist? Or that its editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, could be considered very racist indeed? Might a rational person accuse one Chioma Nnadi, who runs Vogue’s website, Vogue.com, of also being racist, along with at least a dozen of the magazine’s most senior writers? … Read more

Pride and Prejudice fans enjoy 6ft tall cake version of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy

Colin Firth really is delicious! Pride and Prejudice fans can finally get their teeth into the star thanks to this 6ft tall cake version of him as Mr Darcy Michelle Wibowo created it to celebrate 25th anniversary of the BBC mini-series  The cake was unveiled at the National Trust property Lyme Park, in Cheshire  It … Read more

Home Secretary enrages Paris by telling Tory MPs migrants want to cross Channel to escape prejudice 

Priti Patel sparked a diplomatic row last night by claiming migrants were crossing the Channel to escape ‘racist’ France, where they feared they would be tortured. The Home Secretary’s inflammatory remarks, in a private meeting with Tory MPs, infuriated French politicians. One blasted: ‘Madam Patel is not a politician who does much thinking.’ But the … Read more

Social media is ‘fuelling prejudice’ against Chinese people during pandemic, study claims

People who trust what they see on social media are more likely to be prejudiced against Chinese people as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a study suggests. Platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become ‘playgrounds for racism’, allowing users to express their prejudices freely, according to researchers in New Zealand, who surveyed white Americans. … Read more