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Ana Da Costa: “It’s nice to know that there's a bunch of people just like me, just there”
The chef on living a delicious life, re-introducing the UK to Macau and saying the embarrassing part out loud
Jan 12
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Merry Christmas from Mixed Messages!
A look back at the year we've had and what's to come in 2026
Dec 15, 2025
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Celine Saintclare: “You just have to love who you are, no matter what anyone says”
The author on solidarity in the minority, preserving her heritage and seeing herself through life
Nov 17, 2025
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Amanza Smith: “I feel like I’m still catching up to being Black”
Dec 14, 2020
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Isabella Silvers
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Jordan Alexandra: “Why does a white person get to define how I'm seen in society?”
Apr 11, 2023
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Miquita Oliver: “I was so scared about how Black I was that I forgot I was white”
Sep 7, 2022
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Priyanka Yoshikawa: “People might say I’m less Japanese, but I don’t care”
Nov 15, 2021
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Hafsa Zayyan: “I always have to prove I’m half-South Asian because I look Black”
May 29, 2023
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Jack Fowler: “There's an infinite amount of mixes you can have – everyone looks so unique”
Sep 28, 2022
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Nic and Liv Murray: "People label you to feel comfortable by the question your existence poses"
The creators on the long story of their heritage, being too complex to understand and squabbling over crumbs
Nov 10, 2025
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Isabella Silvers
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Courtney-Mae Briggs: “I wish people had more time for the mixed experience, it feels forgotten”
The actor on placing her experience, making time to talk about the mixed experience and her British-Bajan roast dinner
Nov 3, 2025
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Courtney-Mae Briggs
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Sarah Hughes: “Being mixed has given me a third eye – I never want to close it”
The Mind CEO on belonging to the people she loves, the conversation around mixed mental health and having pride in her heritage
Oct 20, 2025
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Muse Nine - Dr Sarah Hughes
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Lucy Tandon Copp: “I no longer feel like I'm hiding parts of myself away”
The author on the evolution of her identity, finding pride in her name and hating the ‘them and ‘us’ mentality
Oct 6, 2025
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Isabella Silvers
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Lucy Tandon Copp
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Caroline Guiela Nguyen: “I had to reconcile different realities around my dinner table”
The director on being the daughter of exile, creating safe spaces for complexity and giving victims their power
Sep 22, 2025
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Karimah Hassan: “My mixed experience in one word? British.”
The artist on creating her dream realities, the weight of being a spokesperson and unsolicited opinions
Sep 15, 2025
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KARIMAH
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Emily Itami: “I don’t know how else to be – I cannot exist any other way”
The author on being one of the crowd, interrogating mixed identity and language as the root of thought
Sep 1, 2025
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