Friends, Romans, everyone: Shakespeare goes from Globe to globe
by Rashmee
Posted on July 16, 2013
Ai Weiwei was right. Because Great Britain had self-confidence, it didn’t need a monumental Olympics.…
Read MoreBest of times and worst of times: July 2005, last G8 summit in UK
by Rashmee
Posted on June 16, 2013
The last G8 summit in the UK was both the best of times and the …
Read MoreRouhani’s #Iran: Conservatively moderate or moderately conservative?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2013
Is Hassan Rouhani’s victory, in the words of the Iranian proverb, a stone thrown …
Read MoreThe Caribbean Island experience: Futile or fun & frolic?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 7, 2013
So, it’s got it all. Sun, sea and sand. And the Flamboyant Tree (what we …
Read MoreSt Maarten: Free in every way. Duty-free, history-free
by Rashmee
Posted on June 6, 2013
Now that I’m here, sitting in St Maarten, hair blown into unmanageable clumps by …
Read MoreIn the beginning was the word. In German. Ditto at the end
by Rashmee
Posted on June 4, 2013
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Now redundant. Always unpronounceable to anyone who doesn’t belong to the 100 million-strong group …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK