August 30, 2016

Saudi Arabia

  Practising Muslims have only five fundamental religious obligations: we must commit to monotheism, pray, give to charity, fast during the month of Ramadhan and go […]
June 26, 2016

A Plague On Those Who Brought Us Here

Brexit Win Yasmin Alibhai-Brown   On Wednesday morning a talented young, black musician was beaten up in a park in South London and told to ‘get […]
June 26, 2016

Brexit, White, Black, Shades of Brown

  The EU referendum has ruptured political parties, families and communities, lacerated national cohesion. Black and Asian Britons have gone through the same upheavals and anguish, […]
January 4, 2016

Child Sexual Abuse, The Whole Truth

Child Sexual Abuse: The Whole Truth Once upon a time, Peter Ball was the seemingly unimpeachable bishop of Lewes and Gloucester. In the eighties and early […]
May 20, 2015

British Jews Who Support Palestinians

British Jews and Israel Benjamin Netanyahu won a fourth term in office. He won ‘because he ran as a bigot. ’ writes columnist Joe Klein in […]
January 5, 2015

The Monarchy

As you know by now, Prince Andrew is accused by a woman known as Jane Doe 3 of being ‘forced’ to have sex with him when […]
October 15, 2014

Ukip Rollover

  There is an unspoken gagging order on those of us who are not bewitched by Ukip: never say  their supporters are ‘racist’.  We are expected […]
May 12, 2014

Open Letter to Nigel Farage

Dear Nigel Farage, This open letter will infuriate you.  I know from personal experience how your temper flares and torches detractors. Do you remember the last […]
May 12, 2014

Thrive by Ariana Huffinton. Book Review

    WH Allen, 2014. Pp 342. £16.99 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown There were no psych-fix or self-improvement books on my shelves. Now there is one: Thrive: The […]