From Coronation chicken to Chettinad duck: food from the empire is changing London’s menus

From Coronation chicken to Chettinad duck: food from the empire is changing London’s menus

Seventy years before this May’s coronation weekend, when Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953, the British empire was still yet to be fully dismantled. Curry and curry powder, the result of a colonial, European gaze on Indian food remained in vogue, and cultural appropriation was not yet a term in circulation. For the late […]

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Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, hits shelves after days of controversy

Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, hits shelves after days of controversy

Copies of the new book by Prince Harry called “Spare” are displayed at a bookstore in London. | Photo Credit: AP After days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release, Prince Harry’s memoir officially went on sale on Tuesday and eager readers headed to bookshops to get their copy with its intimate revelations […]

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