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Farhana is a forward-thinking film producer, having worked to get a variety of individualistic films off the ground: “nothing beats the thrill of being on set” she beamed; “that feeling of knowing that you’re partly responsible for lifting an idea off the page, and having such a massive operation in front you”.  Transitioning from her own production company Fable Films, she is currently a film executive at Endor Productions; the outfit responsible for such ground-breaking and acclaimed dramas as ‘State of Play’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘Esio Trot’. In addition to this, she has recently produced her first feature movie,  the quirky, black-comedy ‘Bonobo’, to much gleeful, social acclaim. The film, which explores ideas of “middle-class British repression” and questions the conventional values by which we tend to measure success, was premiered at the ‘Raindance’ and ‘Reykjavik’ independent Film Festivals, and centres on an edgy, older mother who tries to persuade her daughter to return from a “peace-loving” commune who “strive to live by” the compassionate principles of the Bonobo ape. With ‘Bonobo’ being one of the very few movies to feature female leads over the age of 50, Farhana shows that being open-minded can open doors in your career. This is only confirmed by the prestigious Screen International, who selected her one of their top ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ for 2015.  

The Bollywood phenomenal superstar, who has 15.7 million followers on Twitter, Shah Rukh Khan (49), was bestowed with his second honorary doctorate, from the University of Edinburgh, on Thursday 15^th October 2015. He received the award from the University Chancellor HRH The Princess Royal in Edinburgh.

In the last couple of months further worrying news has emerged of unprecedented cuts to London’s Metropolitan Police Service. London’s Mayor has already imposed fierce cuts to the London Fire Brigade resulting in the closure of 10 Fire Stations and in the current round of budget cuts London’s emergency service are facing cuts that would risk safety of London.

St Albans court heard how 19-year-old Shahena Uddin, lived in a “regime of fear” and was allegedly beaten to death by her family. Her body was found by paramedics in October 2014.

10 October, Jumeirah Carlton Hotel London was an India Association- hosted black tie dinner event. It heralded the next stage of 80-year old IA Chairman Balwant “Bobby” Grewal’s charity fund raising “Walk Full Circle.”

BBC presenter Sian Williams threatened to have a panellist removed live on-air after he tried to protest about the lack of media coverage on violence against Sikhs in the Punjab.