Brexit has royal assent, United Kingdom is sovereign again
London: Boris Johnson welcomed 21 African Heads of State-Government and business leaders at the first UK-Africa Summit. The PM congratulated...
UK’s criminal justice system to undergo a Royal revamp
London: With Parliament set to resume on 6 January, it seems that criminal justice will a close runner up to Brexit...
First week of 2020 witnesses a push towards Brexit
London: The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) passed through its final reading in the House of Commons, all the new clauses and amendments...
Duke and Duchess of Sussex choose to go their own way
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex surprised everyone by issuing a joint statement about their future role as members of...
Brexit will happen by 31 January 2020, as planned
London: The Queen’s Speech introduced Boris Johnson’s priorities: Brexit and trade agreements, the unitedness of the United Kingdom, national security in...
Witnessing a time honoured tradition
On 12 December, a blue and crispy day, 242 Officer Cadets passed out in the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal...
‘Get Brexit done’ wins the day for Johnson
London: “Get Brexit Done” won the day, Boris Johnson successfully steered Leavers and a respectable proportion of Remainers who were terrified...
‘If Antarctica ice melts global sea level will rise by 50 metres’
Increased pollution and diversification of tourism activities are challenging the Antarctic and application of protocols. London: The All-Party Parliamentary Group...
Tories ahead in run-up to UK general poll
A YouGov Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification (MRP) poll predicts a resounding 68-seat majority for Boris Johnson if the general election...
Three things to do before Christmas
First stop is a visit to Bicester Village, less than an hour from London this retail park offers 160 international...
Need 9 more votes than May for a majority, says Johnson
London: When this goes to print candidates will have been selected for all the seats to be contested by all parties...
Nicky Haslam has a vision of how he wants things to be
Nicky Haslam, London’s most timeless interior designer, is auctioning the contents of his early 18thC country retreat, The Hunting Lodge,...
There’s a serious side to this pantomime
Pantomime season begins this year in the Harold Pinter Theatre (previously the Royal Comedy Theatre) with their annual charitable pantomime;...
All eyes on UK general election
London: Finally UK will have the general election (GE), which will restore functionality to Parliament. The most-leftist faction of Labour...
Mary Quant: British fashion’s first real revolutionary
There cannot be anyone interested in British fashion who doesn’t know of Mary Quant, queen of the Kings Road in...
Nobody knows what’s in store for UK
London: There are endless metaphors, none of them flattering, for the state of UK’s paralysed parliament and Brexit negotiations, but the...
Johnson dream team delivers a deal for democracy
London: They say some people work better when up against a deadline and so it proves to be for the Prime...
Brexit: Only 18 days to go
London: There is a hole in No10’s policy bucket and the leak seems to gravitate to the Spectator magazine’s Political...
Berg’s emotional journey from Sweden to Ronnie Scott’s
Alexandra Berglof, aka Berg, is half Swedish and half American, she calls Sweden home and remembers being the only girl...
Merging womanomics with compassion
Dori Dana-Haeri is often identified with the “womanomics” movement, successful, independent and influential women who do their own thing, brilliantly....
Looney Labour alienates the Indian diaspora
London: On the last day of the Labour Conference an emergency motion to interfere in Kashmir was pushed through by...
British Supreme Court’s ruling has resulted in a constitutional crisis: Steve Baker
London: On Tuesday at noon, this reporter met Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Chairman of the influential European Research...
Unprecedented events in Britain as Brexit turmoil continues
London: The Liberal Democrats opened the conference season in Bournemouth. Jo Swinson, the Scottish 39-year-old LibDem leader vowed to keep...
In UK, prorogation goes to court with mixed results
London: There is not one single legal system in UK. There is English law, Northern Ireland and Welsh law, and...
