The Latest Breaking News from Lemn Sissay

‘She brought me out of my lonely bubble’: tributes to our other mothers – connected not by blood but love

As the UK prepares to celebrate Mother’s Day, three writers talk about the women who filled a mum-shaped hole in their lives

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

Lemn Sissay accuses children’s commissioner for England of failing children in care

Poet and broadcaster says Rachel de Souza should be pushing ministers to do much more

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023

Lemn Sissay ‘over the moon’ to receive Freedom of the City of London

The freedom is one of the City of London’s ancient traditions.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal unveiled as new Chancellor of the University of Manchester

Nazir Afzal OBE was officially put into the chancellor position on October 12.

Manchester Evening News · Oct 14, 2022

Leftfield: ‘Having a colonoscopy was like being in a nightclub’

If the UK electronica pioneers’ new album sounds urgent, that’s because Neil Barnes has faced divorce, depression and a cancer scare. ‘I thought: if I don’t get it done, I never will,’ he says

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

'It's very nice to be back': Manchester welcomes Meghan Markle as she makes first public appearance after jubilee

Meghan reminisced about her first One Young World Summit in 2014, where she had a 'pinch me moment'

Manchester Evening News · Sep 5, 2022

Lemn Sissay: ‘I’m not angry any more, but it’s a daily battle not to be’

The poet and broadcaster, 55, on the power of forgiveness, growing up in care, loving poetry from the age of 12 and getting his OBE

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022

‘Every one of us has a different story’: a historic portrait of care system success

Poet Lemn Sissay gathered athletes, artists, CEOs and others who spent part of their childhoods in care for a powerful photograph to inspire young people in care today

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel elected to Royal Society of Literature

The Bridgerton actor, Doctor Who writer and I May Destroy You creator are among 60 new fellows appointed to the UK’s charity for the advancement of literature

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda

Celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood say scheme shows ‘colonial view’ of Africa as ‘dumping ground’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022