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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a world acclaimed journalist who has written for The Guardian, Observer, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Evening Standard, the Mail and other newspapers and is now a regular columnist for The Independent. Yasmin is a weekly columnist for the i and a Guest Columnist for the Sunday Mirror. She is also a radio and television broadcaster and author of several books and co-creator of a new style of cuisine – see more at www.afrasian.tv. Her latest book is Exotic England: The Making of a Curious Nation – where she paints a sumptuous and illuminating portrait of who the English have been and brings a fresh, invigorating perspective on what ‘Englishness’ really mean. Read what they say: – Provocations is a groundbreaking new series of short polemics composed by some of the most intriguing voices in contemporary culture and edited by Yasmin Alibhai Brown. Never less than sharp, intelligent and controversial Provocations is a major new contribution to some of the most vital discussions in society today. Published by Biteback Publishing. She has been voted one of the top ten most powerful Asians in Britain and one of the most influential voices on the left. Her latest book is entitled Exotic England. She was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship to research the book. In May 2011, she was invited to speak at a prestigious TED salon in London and described the theme of her new book to a surprised and very interested audience. In January she took up a part-time post as Professor of Journalism at London’s Middlesex University.