February 26, 2014

War Mania

War Mania Yasmin Alibhai-Brown My dad Kassam, who looked like Jeremy Thorpe, didn’t eat much, but greedily consumed books on British politics and British wars.  He […]
January 10, 2014

You Love My Food But Hate me Being Here?

I cooked for some people just before Christmas- some mates, some acquaintances, some allies, some foes. One thing they ALL AGREED on was how great the […]
January 10, 2014

Hating the Immigrant: A National Sport

Immigration Hatred Yasmin Alibhai-Brown  I want the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson to look me in the eye and tell me that it was a big […]
January 10, 2014

Lee Rigby The two sisters who worked for Nigella Lawson were found not guilty of fraud  just after the convictions of Michael Adebolago and Michael Adebolawle, […]
January 10, 2014

Gender segregation in British Universities 1&2

Universities and Gender Segregation The 10th of December, this Tuesday is Human Rights Day. It is my birthday too and insha-allah ( God willing) I plan […]
September 30, 2013

The Veil Part 11

  So, to round two of the veil debate. I would prefer not to get into the ring again but must, not because I’m a stubborn […]
September 30, 2013

To Veil or not to Veil?

First a British judge, then dedicated educationalists running a British college have been defeated by the aggressive guerrilla army of Muslim Salafists and their misguided allies. […]
September 30, 2013

How Art Treats Princess Diana

The new film Diana  is, at times, bathetic, intermittently moving, certainly torrid, vivid and subversive. It is based on the book Last Love by Kate Snell, […]
August 8, 2013

Missing My family Carrot Halva

It’s Eid, the celebration at the end of Ramadhan and I feel so alone. My mum, beloved aunts and cousins are all either dead or moved […]