From my earliest memories of education as a 4 year old struggling to remember how to spell my own name, I was told that I was better at English than I was at maths. It was never an issue in my mind, after all, I did enjoy English a lot more than maths, and from […]
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It’s nearing the end of the year and looking back it seems that we young black brits have finally paved a way for to us showcase our talent, success and most importantly a space to truly be ourselves. Away from the oppression and micro-aggressions that follows us daily, into a place to reconnect with each […]
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It started with my first love: Brer Rabbit. Followed by the wild imaginings of Roald Dahl. Poems stole, and still has my heart. Robert Louis Stevenson. Lewis Carrol. I could recite them word for word. English lessons wasn’t a chore for me – it was sanctuary. 2008 was a landmark year. Our teacher told us […]
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Let me make this clear, this is not an article telling you to abandon a career filled with job satisfaction, neither is it an article telling you to play life safe and stick with the stability of a traditional job role. Rather, this piece is to comfort many creatives (or non- creatives if you find […]
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