European Muslims need political representation, so says Michel Houellebecq
by Rashmee
Posted on January 10, 2015
Michel Houellebecq (pronounced ‘wellbeck’) should be read – and praised or condemned only after that …
Read MoreMcDonalds UK @ 40: The vigorous old age of youth as it grows and grows
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2014
Yesterday was McDonalds’ UK’s 40th birthday. In Woolwich, just down the road from where …
Read MoreCookbooks are not for cooking. They’re for dreaming & Xmas presents
by Rashmee
Posted on November 11, 2014
So a cookbook’s not for cooking? They’re for Christmas presents. Somewhat surprisingly, Tim Hayward agrees. …
Read MoreWhy the BBC World Service is the best news story in our turning world
by Rashmee
Posted on November 6, 2014
Partisan or not, every rational consumer of news must agree with The Guardian’s passionately argued …
Read MoreOnly in London Town: Would N Korean embassy have an art exhibition
by Rashmee
Posted on November 5, 2014
It started Tuesday, November 4, and will run till Friday, this extraordinary attempt to exert …
Read MoreMrs Clooney’s campaign: Time for Britain to lose its Marbles?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 2, 2014
Peter Hitchens, once famously described as fulminator-in-chief of the Mail on Sunday, thinks so. …
Read MoreFrom Putin’s Russia with love: A dedicated TV channel for the UK
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2014
RT UK launches today in a sign that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is determined to take …
Read MoreSweeping structural change to British architects’ design of their lives
by Rashmee
Posted on October 23, 2014
Here’s the structural change an architect must fear the most: the increasing popularity of prefab …
Read MoreOnly in London Town: These Commandments are not a suggestion
by Rashmee
Posted on October 9, 2014
Ronald Reagan once wryly wondered what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses …
Read MoreOnly in London Town: Everything costs twice as much as everywhere else
by Rashmee
Posted on October 8, 2014
Simon Kelner, columnist for The Independent, tells a salutary story. Gathering with some other …
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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