(Sloane Larsen) It also just so happens that Mukherjee lived in London when the term “Cool Britannia” (a pun on “Rule, Britannia!”) was coined — picture the rise of Oasis, Blur and the Spice Girls in ...

Their attendance at the No10 reception came during the so-called 'Cool Britannia' era, as the surging success of 'Britpop' music and British-made films coincided with New Labour's rise to power.