The diamond was ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria in 1849 by Maharajah Duleep Singh after the British annexation of the Punjab...

EYE ON ENGLAND: London as the best place in the world for books to do with India...

Victoria Memorial (and its black fairy) turned 100 this year, quietly, inevitably, as all historical monuments do when they mark a milestone...

A hundred years ago she assumed her perch — classical goddess, guardian angel, creature of magic. The story of a fond finial...

A session with author Shrabani Basu introduces a case that grabbed headlines across continents and provided an insight into his sleuthing skills ...

Here’s a look back at some events that made news around the world and in our own backyard in February...

Lessons for New India from a British empress...

This is the latest movie to feature Dr. John Dolittle, the doctor turned horse whisperer...

Andrew Lownie’s meticulously researched new biography, The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves, manages to shed new light on the partnership of Dickie and Edwina...

India offered Victoria a personal and political relevance that she was constitutionally refused in Britain...