How and why Britain’s greatest inventions of royal ritual and pageantry came about
by Rashmee
Posted on September 21, 2022
Historian David Cannadine begins his chapter in ‘The Invention of Tradition’, the 1983 …
Read MoreThat bagpipe-playing man in a tartan kilt isn’t all he’s cracked up to be
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2022
The bagpipe-playing man in a tartan kilt is an invention, a wildly successful one. In …
Read MoreBritain routinely invents authentically antique-effect royal traditions
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2022
On September 12, Britain’s new king, Charles III, addressed parliament in London after listening to …
Read More‘Royal Family’, the 1969 documentary you aren’t meant to see, has some real gems
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2022
Royalist or not, you might want to watch ‘Royal Family’, a 53-year-old documentary …
Read MorePritchett and ‘brassy’ London summers from Victoria to Elizabeth II
by Rashmee
Posted on June 17, 2022
Speaking of the “brassiness” of a London summer, to use the words of …
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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