Kishwar Desai

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Kishwar Desi | Madonna gives the world hope; Keir Starmer is the coolest one

Madonna re-imagined life for post-menopause women with six children

16 Oct 2023 12:42 AM

UK Home secretary Suella Braverman. (AFP File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | Why Suella still Tories favourite; wine boom thanks to climate change

Being anti-immigration appeals to the ultra right wing for whom Suella is a favourite.

02 Oct 2023 12:09 AM

Margot Robbie in the new Barbie movie (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | Staycations in UK are suddenly the rage

But the big story for everyone is Barbie versus Oppenheimer!

24 Jul 2023 12:19 AM

The politics is more noisy than Bazball and Wimbledon put together. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Costly makeover at 75th b’day for NHS?

This week happens to be the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

10 Jul 2023 1:14 AM

UK MP Barry Gardiner was conferred the ‘Padma Shri’ award. (Photo: https://www.barrygardiner.com/)

Kishwar Desai | Padma Shris for 2 British friends; ‘poor’ Boris can’t come to House

The Indian high commission had an impressive ceremony to bestow Padma Shri awards on two British friends of India.

26 Jun 2023 12:25 AM

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Tories may lose critical bypoll; dithers beset by a fresh inquiry

Now begins a massive inquiry on whether the Covid pandemic was properly handled by the Boris Johnson government.

12 Jun 2023 12:13 AM

The coronation of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla takes places on May 6. (Photo: Twitter)

Chariot ride to be shorter for King... Did Modi rap Rishi over Khalistanis?

Even the response on the streets may not be as expansive as it was for the queen.

17 Apr 2023 12:28 AM

Kishwar Desai | King’s German trip apt; as Covid tally climbing, boosters awaited

We are just a month and bit away from the coronation of King Charles the Third.

03 Apr 2023 12:35 AM

Will 2023 be the year when the country finally switches from the Tories back to Labour? (Instagram Photo/Representational)

Kishwar Desai | After a Christmas of misery, looking to New Year with disruptions

A King has not been on the throne in 70 years and a Charles in four centuries. So we look forward to the coronation!

26 Dec 2022 12:58 AM

In 'Harry and Meghan,' there are references to it, and Meghan’s mother, who is a Black American, talks openly about perceived racism in the UK. (SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Furore erupts as Harry & Meghan reveal the ‘truth’ on royal racism

For many of us who have seen the initial romcom unfold and implode in front of us there is very little in Harry and Meghan which is new.

12 Dec 2022 1:41 AM

The author's reading of DR’s personality on the whole is accurate despite the scarcely concealed admiration of a gushing fan but the uncritical appreciation of the films made at Bombay Talkies owned by Himanshu Rai. — By arrangement

A well-researched but uncritical portrait of Bollywood’s ‘first lady’

Desai's reading of DR’s personality on the whole is accurate despite the scarcely concealed admiration of a gushing fan

28 Mar 2021 9:31 AM

Handout image released by 10 Downing Street shows Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson as he delivers a television address after returning to 10 Downing Street after being discharged from St Thomas' Hospital, in central London on April 12, 2020. Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. (AFP)

London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero

During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!

13 Apr 2020 10:11 PM

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