Sadly 10 years after writing to The Independent the word ‘honour’ is still used to describe brutal murders.
My latest novel Reptiles will be launched at the end of September. I keep being surprised by just how up to date it is. A character, named Serena Shriver, is linked to JD Vance - so the quote in this
My reaction to Keir Starmer stating ( as a response to a question by Douglas Alexander) that the British Empire was a "force for good in the world", is the same as my reaction to him supporting Israel when it began to
The Fifties: Don't romanticise them not even on Valentine’s Day! Yesterday, I watched two one act plays by Terrence Rattigan at the Oxford Playhouse. They took me back to the fifties like a time machine! When I interviewed Sir Roger
In todays i Yasmin Alibhai Brown writes about British Citizens of Pakistani ancestry and how they regard the grooming gangs. The conclusion was that most people of that background despise them and are distressed by the suffering of the exploited
I am chairing this meeting where the people of Kennington and Radley can show how much they care about the wildflower rich woodland near where I live. Thank you Hamish Campbell for This video shows why the community is
Undermining the UN is putting the world in great peril. I tried writing to British papers and the BBC on this issue to no avail. I’m grateful to the Madras Courier for publishing this opinion piece by me. If you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001jkfv This inspirational episode of the Food Programme tells the story of how a photojournalist severely injured in a war zone reinvented himself through cooking. Giles Duley uses food to help transform lives in conflict zones. Food can be
I've been distressed by the fear-mongering in Suella Braverman’s rhetoric with regard to asylum seekers. When the Madras Courier asked me to write on the topic I jumped at the chance. I have pasted the copy below so you don’t
Launch of Food of Love @ the Indian High Commission - the Nehru Centre on 26 April 6:30pm https://www.nehrucentre.org.uk It would be great to see some London friends and acquaintances. Its a free event and you can just
Why did it take 34 years for the police to apologise to the families of victims of the Hillsborough disaster? It’s not because the working families were not intelligent. They were shattered with grief but soon started to organise. Lack