Begum’s ‘treason’ leaves little doubt
Where to head once lockdown is eased
DEAR Editor, Shamima Begum, who left her British home to join the Islamic State in Syria in 2015, lost a series of appeals before Britain’s Supreme Court that could have allowed her to return home to fight the removal of her citizenship.
Begum once described being unfazed by seeing the decapitated head of an anti-Islamic fighter in a bin, whom she described as an “enemy of Islam”.
The Islamic State had declared war on the West, long before Bagum joined ISIS.
This means that Begum committed treason. She was no different to Britons who left the UK to travel to Germany during the Second World War to fight on the side of the Nazis. If Begum does return to the UK, she should spend the rest of her life in prison.
CELEBRATE OSCAR WINNERS FROM DISNEY TO THE HOLLYWOOD GREATS STRICTLY Come Dancing couple Aljaž Skorjanec and Janette Manrara, right are to star in a streamed performance of their dance spectacular
Remembering the Oscars for a limited threeweek season starting on March 27. They will be rolling roll out the red carpet to celebrate the greatest award-winning songs, films and dance routines from the Golden Ages of Hollywood through to Disney family favourites and beyond.
■ Go to rememberingtheoscars. com
LEE RIDLEY WANTS HIS VOICE BACK – CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP?
COMEDIAN Lee Ridley (aka Lost Voice Guy) below, is on the lookout for a volunteer to provide a Geordie accent for his iPad. He says the team at speech synthesis company CereProc have offered to tailor make him a northeast accent so that he does not have to sound like a posh version of
Robocop anymore.
He is asking for a volunteer who is willing to donate their voice to him and says: “I think it would make a massive difference if I could sound more like my friends and family. I’m proud of being from the north east, so I want to reflect that in my accent.”
■ Go to lostvoiceguy.com/ geordieaccent for further details.
THE RSC WILL VIRTUALLY BRING SHAKESPEARE’S DREAM TO LIFE
VIRTUAL reality technology is helping the Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage a live performance titled Dream based on the Bard’s drama A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.
The play will be staged in a virtual forest and motion sensors on the actors will see them interact with their surroundings and the audience during the performance.
Tickets for the 50-minute performance are now on sale ahead of the first show on March 12.
■ Booking details at rsc.org.uk