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The biggest frustration for the British, who are incorrigible travellers, is that they are having to scrap their summer holiday plans. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | Climate leveller; Javid infection puts a dampener on Freedom Day

Some of the “Freedom Day” plans which were to be announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on this weekend, are likely to be shelved

18 Jul 2021 11:48 PM

Britain's Prince William, left and Prince Harry unveil a statue they commissioned of their mother Princess Diana, on what woud have been her 60th birthday, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, Thursday July 1, 2021. (AP/PTI)

Kishwar Desai | Nostalgia week: England settle score; but Di not looking herself

Sculptor Ian Rank Broadley said he had worked through anecdotes, photographs and documents, and had tried to capture her warmth

05 Jul 2021 7:23 AM

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1987 file photo, Britain's Diana, the Princess of Wales, is pictured during an evening reception. (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | Question, not cancel, Kipling; murky twist to Diana plot claim

As Freedom Day recedes from the immediate future — old stories of Princess Diana’s death have resurfaced

21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM

The ceremony on the Bank Holiday weekend had only a few family members attending — amid claims that even the Prime Minister’s children from his previous marriages/relationships were not invited. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Canny Carrie’s thrifty choice; a princess by any other name

Already there is talk that the Freedom Day may be shifted to July 5, so it is getting more and more difficult to plan too far in advance

07 Jun 2021 1:32 AM

Diana, the Princess of Wales who died in 1997, continues to rule the front pages.

Kishwar Desai | BBC on the mat for Di interview... Is Shakespeare getting cancelled?

Undoubtedly, these kinds of seminars create a fresh understanding

24 May 2021 12:00 AM

Kishwar Desai | Indian summer on UK’s red list; royal duchesses in duel of creativity

Some people are deeply unhappy that these restrictions are still in place, despite the vaccine

10 May 2021 12:00 AM

A fitting farewell for Prince Philip; Cameron, Carrie graft entertains

The big event of the past fortnight has, of course, been the Royal funeral

26 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Now the news that our vaccine supply may be interrupted because the new wave in India will impact vaccine exports to the UK has spread gloom. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | India wave hits UK's vax drive, amid adulation for Poonawala

India was headlined on the front page — fortunately, in a way, it was a compliment, not a criticism

29 Mar 2021 4:01 AM

Kishwar Desai | Women’s Week: Meghan vs Kate, let-down nurses, Sarah Everard

Boris Johnson announced unapologetically that nurses on the NHS will only get one per cent increase in their pay

15 Mar 2021 12:00 AM

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain’s spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers definition row

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

01 Mar 2021 4:32 AM

Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella’s baby may lead to reforms

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover — and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is beginning to shine

15 Feb 2021 4:51 AM

King of Spices to be dearly missed; Boris really hated the ‘L’ milestone

Those of us who arrived here and craved Indian food know how much the Patak brand meant for our tastebuds

01 Feb 2021 7:36 AM

Pedestrians walk on a near-deserted Westminster Bridge in central London on January 16, 2021, during the third nationwide novel coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Long lockdown defeats Britons; Spurs’ shot in the arm for soccer fans

We have vaccinations slowly covering the population but as of now it will be Easter before the over 50s will be covered

18 Jan 2021 12:50 AM

It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK’s ‘freedom’ at midnight; Queen’s NY honours go to 89 Brit Indians

2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

04 Jan 2021 4:32 AM

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Year's Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | End in sight to Brexit limbo; Xmas lockdown a big dampener

Between A for anxiety, B for Brexit and C for Coronavirus, we may need a new alphabet and a new language to express our feelings about 2020

21 Dec 2020 9:02 AM

An NHS pharmacy technician simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4. (Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | After vax first, will ‘lucky Boris’ swing Brexit deal?

The triumph of UK being first in the world among the ‘vaxxers’ did not go down well with everyone

07 Dec 2020 8:55 AM

Lord Meghnad Desai (Photo : Youtube screengrab)

Kishwar Desai | Anti-Semitism is why Meghnad quit; all hope for Christmas shots

On the personal front, it was quite a tumultuous week for us, as my husband, Meghnad Desai, left the Labour Party after 49 years!

22 Nov 2020 9:07 PM

People exercise in Green Park in central London on November 8, 2020 during a second national lockdown designed to contain soaring infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | London Diary

Locked down yet again, UK knows the rules but likes them less and less

09 Nov 2020 11:04 AM

A woman wearing a face covering to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past the window of a GAP clothing store just off Oxford Street, in London, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England that will start on Thursday, after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Why Covid stress affects the young; UK gets ready for digital Diwali

Even on the Covid front, situation in UK is getting worse rather than better

02 Nov 2020 8:43 PM

Pedestrians and shoppers, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus, walk in the high street in west London. — AFP photo

Ill, Boris had a harder time; virus blow to James Bond

The only constant is that like the scientists, the government is also at a loss

12 Oct 2020 3:53 PM

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Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

Having made Mumbai’s streets his canvas and DSLR camera his paintbrush, photographer Star Udyawar’s narration of everyday life in the maximum city is riveting. As can be seen in his various portrayals of the city like the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dhobi Ghat with its colourful backdrop, and the famous Sea-link. For Udyawar, perspective is key as it defines the in-depth relationship between the objects in a picture along with the dimensions that a viewer perceives.

Framing the Mundane

A model walks the runway at the Pamella Roland fashion show during New Yo)rk Fashion Week at Pier 59 Studios on February 7, 2020 in New York City. (AFP

The best pictures from New York Fashion Week

T K Sandeep is a photographer whose work consists of moody video poems and photo poems. One of his recent projects was a calendar in which he got hijras and transgenders in Kerala to tell him their dream professions, and then he photographed them dressed as those professionals.

A selection of photographer TK Sandeep's work

The dress featured a fairly simple silhouette with a plunging neckline. But the drama is brought by the feathered veil/cape element. It also had a bow at the neck for added drama. (Photo: AP)

Valentino fashionably interprets A Midsummer's Night Dream

A man sports a colourful headgear with traditional motifs. (Photo: AP)

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