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Focusing on the postcolonial hybrid experience, this book delves into anglophone Caribbean plays and performances through a feminist lens. It examines how gender and cultural intersections shape narratives and identities, highlighting the unique voices and experiences within this vibrant theatrical landscape. The analysis reveals the complexities of representation and the impact of colonial legacies on contemporary Caribbean performance art.

In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, a series of horse mutilations and threatening letters disrupt the community. The vicar, Shahpur Edalji, a Parsi convert to Christianity and the first Indian parishioner in England, finds his son George, a socially awkward barrister with Indian features, entangled in the scandal. George is wrongfully prosecuted for the crimes, leading to widespread belief that justice has failed him. After his early release, he remains haunted by his conviction and loses faith in the legal system. Desperate for vindication, he reaches out to Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world’s greatest detective and an author he admired while imprisoned. Doyle, intrigued by the case, agrees to meet George, setting off a remarkable journey. This narrative weaves together themes of racial injustice, the intricacies of a uniquely English scandal, and the unexpected friendship that blossoms between two men from vastly different backgrounds. It offers an insightful exploration of race and identity in early twentieth-century England, highlighting the challenges faced by those deemed foreign in a nation shaped by its imperial past.

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.

Now a major motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the empire, and tells a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen.

This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of an Indian prince, Tipu Sultan (the Tiger of Mysore), who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Noor was one of only three women SOE agents awarded the George Cross and, under torture, revealed nothing, not even her real name.

Britain has become a nation of curryholics - there are more than 8000 curry restaurants in Britain, visited by two million people each week. But how did Britain come to take curry so much to its heart? This book traces the story of curry in Britain.