Canceled Story Broadcast; Canceled Signing The BBC canceled a planned radio broadcast of Hanif Kureishi’s short story Weddings and Beheadings, “describing the work of a cameraman who films the executions of western captives in Iraq.” They have been airing readings of the nominees for the National Short Story prize. The service said “the timing would not be right” given reports of a possible kidnapping of a BBC Gaza correspondent. “An important criterion when deciding whether to transmit a particular story on a difficult subject is the timing of the transmission. We do not now feel that it would be right […]
