A warm, dry July evening in the heart of London: here’s what it looks like
by Rashmee
Posted on July 29, 2021
Notice something about the photos above? There’s almost no one around. Two years ago, a …
Read MoreShakespeare in the Garden: as you like it
by Rashmee
Posted on July 28, 2021
We’ve been to the theatre…in the garden. Not our garden, but one that belongs to …
Read More‘When you win, you’re English; when you lose, you’re Black’. Sad but true, not just for Britain
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2021
/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY So, Italy and England faced off for the Euro Cup and England …
Read More‘Maybe, just maybe_ Good luck England!’ Football and the art of understatement
by Rashmee
Posted on July 11, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND Walking past a shop, I saw the sign in the …
Read MoreWhether or not football’s coming home, there’s a limit to sport’s transformative power
by Rashmee
Posted on July 10, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… Ahead of the England-Italy play-off in the Uefa European championship, it’s striking …
Read MoreMatt Hancock, Gina Coladangelo and the Oliver Bonas beanie from the station shop
by Rashmee
Posted on June 28, 2021
/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY A “crystal embellished pom beanie hat” was my first purchase at Oliver …
Read MoreJohn Bercow has a Damascene moment; Boris Johnson has an issue with Teflon
by Rashmee
Posted on June 21, 2021
/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY Former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, a long-time member of the …
Read MoreCan the ‘Cornwall consensus’ last, even half as long as the Washington one?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 17, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS The “Washington consensus”, a clutch of free market ideas, lasted …
Read MoreBoris and that ‘special relationship’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Boris Johnson, it turns out, isn’t overly fond of the phrase “special relationship”.…
Read MoreThe Churchill Factor
by Rashmee
Posted on June 10, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Seven years ago, Boris Johnson published ‘The Churchill Factor’, a book that …
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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