Every year I pull together images to inspire me on my journey in life. I also put images of people who I admire: my go-to people Ozwald Boateng, Rihanna, Bozoma St. John and Akua Agyemfra have been on my board for the last two years minimum. In 2022 two new people made the list: Issa…
This morning my first op-ed for PR Week was published. What started as a innocuous comment on a post about the latest single from Stormzy turned into an opportunity to present in one of the biggest publications in my industry. Ironically that’s a testament to what Stormzy’s first single in three years, Mel Made Me…
A few weeks ago I was live on BBC Radio London reading the papers with the sunlight that is broadcaster Jacqueline Shepherd. As we picked through the stories, I took my career in my hands and picked the news stories around the release of ‘Yonce’s album cover as people fawned over the Queen Bey on…
So on this day on Beyoncé’s internet, Will Smith returned to social media to address the incident between himself and Chris Rock at the Oscars for the first time. If you read my post on the subject as it happened, I went into crisis communications mode and outlined the next steps that should be taken…
Today threatened to be a sh*t day. It’s one I’ve been waiting on for weeks and despite the best laid plans coming unstuck and some news that broke my heart, I got to announce to the world that I am a Black British Business Award finalist. When I think of the phrase ‘humble yourself’, I…
Today the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was released and, I can’t lie, I got emotional. Leading with Afrobeats singer Tems’ singing Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry interspersed with Kendrick Lemar’s Alright, it felt like we were already being hit by the messages. We are heartbroken. We feel the loss. But we’re…
If you were sitting in the room with me right now, you’d probably be telling me to shut up. Why? I’m just so gassed by Africa Fashion exhibition at the V&A museum. The first exhibition of its kinda at the museum and according to the press release there’s “over 250 objects are on display for…
L O V E R E I G N I G H T E D I bought this book yesterday, a small gift to myself after for my recent birthday. And I fidgeted all day thinking abour how I was going to enjoy the rarity of: A day where I didn’t have my kids A…
When a dear friend asked me to join her to see Ballet Black, it was an immediate yes. I’ve seen the troupe before but it’s been a global pandemic since then. It feels like at some point in every post I write how tough running a business is – it really is – but the…
When making friends, you need different types in your life. You need that friend whose going to come meet you on a random Friday night for drinks and shisha. You need that friend to help you reason the unreasonable. And you need that blue sky thinking business friend like my friend David. We can talk…
