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Meghan and the Ghost of Diana

Meghan, as she says during the interview, was a waitress and an actress, had been working since the age of 13, had always been independent, and had Harry to lean on

Open Diary

A United Kingdom in the throes of permanent angst

London Fire and Leadership

Britain feels the absence of a leader at the worst of its time--when it needs answers and authority

Letter from a Cheerless London Summer

Britain between a redundant Brexit mom and a comic strip socialist

London’s First Muslim Mayor: Khan and the Colour Quotient

The election of London’s first Muslim Mayor and race and politics in Britain

Kohinoor: Romancing the Stone

Why the British are not really thinking about giving the Kohinoor (or anything else) back

Luxurious Locales: In High Places

Shakespeare: My Master’s Voice

I went to Shakespeare’s burial place in Stratford when we had gone with Hamlet for a three-week tour to the UK. I said a little prayer. I don’t believe in god or religion, I asked for something which is now between me and him

Shakespeare: Favourite Lines From the World’s Most Quoted Writer

Full of sound and fury, signifying everything