Rashmee Roshan Lall

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In Portugal, the far-right Chega party has become the country’s main opposition after final votes were counted in this month’s parliamentary election. It’s a landmark moment that ends 50 years of dominance by two centrist forces. Could Britain be headed the same way? Could Portugal 2025 be Britain 2029? The next British general election is due 2029, but what if there were a snap poll, as happened in Portugal? Would Nigel Farage’s populist Reform Party do a Chega?

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Essays on the British Crown's role. And a murder mystery set in the colonial era

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Does the West even ‘see’ Africa? Originally produced for This Week, Those Books

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Three migrants to Britain are in these photos I took in Oxleas Woods, in southeast London at the weekend:The first is the horse chestnut tree. It’s thought to be native to the Balkans, Turkey and Turkmenistan. Unlike the Albanian immigrants that Britain took solid measures against, the horse chestnut has been actively introduced and planted in the country. The second is the purple rhododendron.

2 weeks ago | rashmee.com | Rashmee Roshan Lall

There are fashions in gardening, just as in clothes and food and they were very apparent at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025. The distinct horticultural trends or hort couture had the following plants:AstrantiasAlliumsGeumsSalviasPoppiesAgapanthusTeaselFernsSucculentsThe show gardens mostly worked with these in various planting schemes, recognition perhaps that thousands of gardens across the country are planted in much the same way.