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This Lovely City Walking tour
Thank you to Sarah Sawyer of the Arodene Road Book Club in Brixton for allowing...
Read MoreThis Lovely City shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje prize
I’m overjoyed that This Lovely City has been shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021. ...
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An Evening in Stoneleigh
Better late than never I’m finally writing up this event a few months late! Last...
Read MoreListening Books Podcast
Last year I spoke with Listening books’ Jessica stone. Most we talked about Harlem After...
Read MoreWhat’s New In Historical Fiction
I had so much fun doing this panel last month. We talked books, our writing...
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an African princess in Victorian England
Few people know that Queen Victoria had a black goddaughter, named Victoria after her patron....
Read MoreSamuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born on 15 August 1875 in Holborn, son of a Sierra Leonean...
Read MoreSir Learie Constantine (1901-1971) – The UK’s First Black Peer
At 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court, London, you will find an English Heritage blue plaque...
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The best novels that capture the magic of jazz
All of my novels so far feature jazz. I love the atmosphere the music creates...
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