Say what you want about Tyler Perry but The Six Triple Eight is one of the best – if not the best – of his films. The story is based on the lives of the only Black, female-led battalion to serve in World War II. They were given the arduous task of having to sort…
So last weekend a new friend and I went to see Jeremy O Harris’ Slave Play at the Noel Coward Theatre. A show that has received 12 Tony nominations in the States, I hadn’t heard of it until the play came under attack for wanting to hold Blackout nights. Common on Broadway I believe, Blackout…
***WARNING: If you haven’t seen the show you might want to watch all the episodes first before reading my review so not to stumble across any spoilers*** I was excited when I heard that Queenie was coming to our screens. Having read the book and had lots of similar experiences with the lead character –…
Image copyright: Edward Enninful/Instagram My favourite publication in life is The Powerlist. A magazine dedicated to amplifying Black British talent in an annual list, there is nothing else like it that uncovers who are the Black people really making moves and impacting change in this country. They’re not always the faces you’ll see in mainstream…
I’m emotional. I’ve just fallen for David Beckham after binge-watching his four-part documentary series in the early hours of this morning when really I should have been sleeping. I’m not a football fan and I didn’t dream of ever being a Spice Girl – though I liked the music I would have always chosen All…
Lead image: Liza Rusalskaya So earlier this month I was invited to the opening show of Somerset House’s The Missing Thread – an exhibition that tells the story of Black people’s contribution to the fashion industry and was uplifted in a way that I haven’t been in a long time (You can see my musings…
It’s a bank holiday, and I decided to do something for me instead of work. I chose to rewatch The Black Godfather on Netflix. The documentary tells the story of Clarence Avant. As those who knew him shared, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what he does, but one thing they all agree on is that…
I’ve just finished binge watching a new series focused on a Black British family and their business. Riches focuses on the Richards family, divided by the fact that the head of the family – Stephen Richards – started two different families who are brought together upon his death trying to secure the family hair business,…
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…
