Rashmee Roshan Lall
15 August 2023
Is America doomed?
Some say the US is in a superpower death spiral like the one that hit post-empire Britain. The signs of decline are there – but so are some green shoots
Read the full article29 July 2023
The Kakhovka Dam collapse is an ecological catastrophe for Ukraine’s wildlife
Could this disaster finally make ecocide an internationally recognised crime?
Read the full article02 April 2023
Folk traditions are back, with bells on
Morris dancing, folk music and other English traditions are making a comeback. And the new followers are a diverse bunch
Read the full article27 November 2022
What happened in Leicester?
A shocking outbreak of violence shows that a multicultural society is open to radical ideas from abroad
Read the full article19 May 2022
A woman of substance: the unconventional Alice de Rothschild
A new exhibition reveals the secrets of a forward-thinking heiress whose taste and beliefs transcended her patriarchal age
Read the full article02 March 2022
Return of the international brigades
Could Ukraine become a historical hinge point for idealistic initiative when confronted by the forces of tyranny, just like the Spanish civil war in the 1930s?
Read the full article20 January 2022
Escaping the shadow of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher
Would hopefuls like Liz Truss and Valérie Pécresse deliver a calmer, fresher politics in the spirit of Ardern and Merkel, or just a retread of muscular Iron Ladyism?
Read the full article14 October 2021
The 1950s book that explains the War on Terror
Many authors have tried to make sense of the global tensions that produced 9/11 and the western response. But it is a little-known book written 50 years earlier that gets the closest.
Read the full article26 August 2021
How will Taliban 2.0 interpret Sharia law in Afghanistan?
As the world waits to see the extent to which the Taliban’s victory will see the return of its brutal interpretation of Islamic law, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL reports on different approaches used in other Muslim countries
Read the full article27 July 2021
How the world views Brexit Britain
Brexit and a risky Covid strategy means that the UK is the focus of close global attention this summer. Rashmee Roshan Lall reports on what the rest of the world is saying
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