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Queen Victoria's private diary made public

26 May 2012 12:41 PM IST

More than 40,000 pages from a private diary kept by Queen Victoria from the age of 13 until just before her death were made available online on...

UK varsities deny drop in applications

UK varsities deny drop in applications

25 May 2012 7:54 AM IST

A group representing 134 higher education institutions in Britain on Thursday dismissed reports that there had been a 'national drop' in the number of...

Indian students shun UK colleges

Indian students shun UK colleges

21 May 2012 12:59 PM IST

Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant...

Rihanna hunts house in Britain

Rihanna hunts house in Britain

23 April 2012 10:46 PM IST

Singer Rihanna has started house hunting in Britain ahead of her three-month stay in London to shoot a new reality series on fashion.The singer plans...

"The Knives" | Tackling terror, battling betrayal – a British politician’s fate

Author: Richard T. Kelly

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Price: 499

There is no shortage of security challenges – terrorism, radicalism, illegal immigration (and the...

A quest to locate consciousness in the brain

"A Day in the Life of the Brain" | A quest to locate consciousness in the brain

Author: Susan Greenfield

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Price: 499

It has particular cells stimulated by pictures of Jennifer Aniston (though not with Brad Pitt) or...

Case against a president: Trapping Trump in the net of Impeachment

"The Case for Impeachment" | Case against a president: Trapping Trump in the net of Impeachment

Author: Allan. J. Lichtman

Publisher: William Collins

Price: 399

Even as people in the United States seem to have come to terms with the presidency of Donald Trump –...

Crime-solving lessons from the Great Detective himself

"Sherlock Holmes School Of Detection" | Crime-solving lessons from the Great Detective himself

Author: Simon Clark

Publisher: Robinson

Price: 499

Even nine decades after his original creator penned his last tale, the solver of mysteries, scourge...

Chronicling the author who came out from the cold

"John le Carré: The Biography" | Chronicling the author who came out from the cold

Author: Adam Sisman

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: Rs 799

In the publisher's introductory note to the book, Bloombury says, “Over half a century since ‘The...

Curry: The eclectic mixture of condiments

"'Curry’ : The Global History" | Curry: The eclectic mixture of condiments

Author: colleen taylor sen

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Price: 399

The term ‘Curry’, over time, has become ubiquitous to the West’s understanding of the cuisine of the...

Government-RBI tango that set the stage for note ban

"Dialogue of the Deaf: The Government and the RBI" | Government-RBI tango that set the stage for note ban

Author: T.C.A. Srinivasa Raghavan

Publisher: Tranquebar

Price: 599

This is the best short history to have appeared of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), its release...