Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62 The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
How to create an oral history with your grandparents – don't delay and come equipped Family stories are a way of capturing important historical events and they pass this knowledge on to future generations. As memoirist Nancy K Miller says, family stories are not just personal but an “aid or a spur to keep cultural memory alive”. The Conversation · Jun 21, 2023
A reminder of the 'othering' of too many Black Britons YOU cannae shove yur Granny aff a bus; there were times I wished I could. The National (Scotland) · Feb 12, 2023
I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be by Colin Grant review – where are we ‘really’ from? An important contribution to the story of British-Caribbean identity, told with loving scrutiny The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023
I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be by Colin Grant review – sharp and nuanced memoir The writer and former BBC producer offers absorbing portraits of his Windrush generation family, and reflects on the legacy of trauma The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023
The idea that Colin Grant was ‘hostile’ at the BBC is laughable Letter: Jonathan Kent says it was a pleasure to work with the ‘softly spoken, thoughtful and erudite’ author and radio producer The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
How community crofting experiment could help repopulate the Highlands Hopes Glengarry’s affordable woodland homes scheme could provide answers to Scotland’s rural housing crisis The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023